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26. Section 27 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 27, Section 28 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 28. Section 29 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 29. Section 30 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 30. Section 31 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 31. Section 32 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1908. 32. Section 33 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906. 33. Section 34 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

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Section 38 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

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Section 39 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906, with an amendment in

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Section 40 of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

39. This section has been taken from Section 38 of the Nyasaland Game

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A power has not been given to the Governor to make rules. 41. Repeal.

First Schedule. First Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906,

amended.

Second Schedule.-Second Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1908,

amended.

Third Schedule. Third Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906,

amended.

Fourth Schedule.--New schedule required for new fortnightly licence.

Fifth Schedule. Game reserves; the Bunyoro reserve is the same as provided in the Proclamation of the 10th December, 1910. The Toro game reserve, as provided in the Proclamation of 12th August, 1909, has been considerably reduced. Sixth Schedule-Seventh Schedule of the Uganda Game Ordinance, 1906.

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Enclosure 3 in No. 67.

Report on a DRAFT ÛRDINANCE INTITULED: "THE GAME Ordinance, 1912."

1. The object of this draft Ordinance is to consolidate the existing game laws and to bring them up to date with present requirements.

2. It repeals the Game Ordinance, 1906, and the amending Ordinance of 1910; and, though the greater part of the 1906 Ordinance is re-enacted, a number of important alterations have been made.

3.

A comparative table accompanies this report, and shows clearly which sections are taken from the 1906 Ordinance and which are new; it is intended, in this report, to deal only with the substantial alterations which have been made.

4. The first important alteration occurs in Section 7, which deals with the possession, sale, and export of ivory. Facts show that the number of elephants in the Protectorate is exaggerated, that large tuskers are few, and that the great majority of bulls are immature or breeding bulls. If, therefore, elephants are to be preserved, it is essential that these immature bulls should only be shot in moderation, and to ensure this it is necessary to raise the minimum weight of tusks to £30. Accordingly, the £11 minimum provided in Section 7 of the 1908 Ordinance has been raised to £30 in the present draft; whilst, in view of the increase, it is no longer necessary to retain the special provision in regard to the tusks of female elephants.

There is a saving in favour of ivory lawfully obtained before the new clause comes into effect.

5. In Section 8 of this draft, provisions have been adopted from the East Africa Game Ordinance, 1909, which place upon persons, accused of the unlawful possession, sale or export of ivory, the onus of proving that such ivory was lawfully obtained.

6. In place of the various licences set out in Section 12 of the 1906 Ordinance, Section 13 of the present draft provides for the issue of three kinds of licences, viz.,

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