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LAWS IN FORCE IN THE COLONIES AS TO TRESPASS,

AUSTRALIAN of this Act but no indigenous animals or birds shall at any time be deemed to be

game" within the provisions of this Act.

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9. The word "game" for the purposes of this Act shall be deemed to include all imported animals and birds mentioned in Schedule IV. to this Act and such other imported What shall animals and birds as shall from time to time be proclaimed to come within the provisions of this Act relating to game and the word native game" shall be deemed to include all native animals and birds mentioned in Schedule V. to this Act and any other native animals and birds which shall from time to time be proclaimed to come within the provisions of this Act relating to native game.

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10. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time by order published in the New Zealand Gazette to proclaim that any of the animals or birds mentioned in the several schedules to this Act or which may have been proclaimed to come within the provisions of this Act shall cease to come within the provisions of this Act and that any of the animals or birds declared by this Act to be game or native game or which shall hereafter be proclaimed to be game within the provisions of this Act shall cease to be deemed game or native game within the provisions of this Act.

11. No game shall be hunted shot taken or killed in any part of the Colony until the same shall have been proclaimed as open for that purpose by order in Council in that behalf and no game shall be hunted shot taken or killed except during the mouths of May June or July in any year. No native game shall be hunted shot taken or killed in any part of the Colony except during the months of April May June and July in each year.

12. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time by proclamation published dat prius in the New Zealand Gazette to declare that all or any of the provisions of this Act Acting relating to native game shall not be in force in such parts of the Colony as he shall in ll them and by such proclamation define and from time to time as he may think fit by pro-

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13. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time by proclamation in the Nor Zealand Gazette to declare that in any district therein defined no native indigenous bird named therein not being native game shall be shot taken or killed and any person who shall shoot take or kill any such bird in any district so defined shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings.

14. No imported bird not being game shall be shot taken or killed in any part of at not to be the Colony except as hereinafter mentioned that is to say-it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by order published in the New Zealand Gazette from time to time to declare that such birds or any of them may be shot taken or killed in such part or parts of the Colony as in such proclamation shall be described and if any person shall offend against the provisions of this section he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds and in default of payment to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one month.

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15. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by order published in the New in what park Zealand trazelte from time to time to declare in which part or parts of the Colony game shall not be hunted shot taken or killed and by such order further to declare the particular species of game which shall not be so hunted shot taken or killed and it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by order published in the New Zealand Gazette from time to time to declare that any description of imported bird is established in any district, and is to be considered as native game.

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16. No person shall hunt shoot take or kill game or native game on Sunday. 17. No game shall be poisoned trapped or taken by means of traps nets springes or list by any other means than hunting or shooting at any time whatever nor shall any trap net or snare be made erected or set either wholly or in art for the purpose of such trapping or taking except by persons duly authorized pursuant to section twenty-five ol'

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1. No person shall take kill or pursue or aid or assist in any manner in the taking allest killing or pursuing by any means whatsover or use any dog gun net or other engine for the purpose of taking killing or pursuing any game until such person shall have taken out a licence to kill game under this Act and paid the duty hereby made payable thereon, and if any person shall offend against the provisions of this section he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds and in default of payment to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding four months.

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19. Every licence to take kill or pursue game shall be in the form in Schedule 1. to this Act and shall be issued by the Superintendent of the Province in which the person requiring the same shall reside or desire to exercise such licence upon payment of the sum of fifty shillings to the Treasurer of such Province and shall be signed by the

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Superintendent or Treasurer and dated on the day when the same was actually issued AUSTRALIAN and shall be in force from the day of the date until the thirty-first day of July next following the date thereof and any such licence may be issued at any date subsequent to the thirtieth day of June in any year upon payment of the sum of one pound.

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20. No person shall sell game until he shall have taken out a licence which shall be sell game un- in the form of Schedule III. to this Act and be signed by the Superintendent or less licensed Treasurer of the Province and shall be in force for a period ending on the seventh day under this of August and the person requiring the same shall in respect of every such licence or renewal of licence pay to the Treasurer of the Province in which such licence shall be issued the sum of five pounds and if any person shall sell any game without having duly taken out and having in force such licence as aforesaid he shall for every such act forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds and it shall be lawful for the holder of every licence in the form of Schedule I. to this Act to sell game to any person holding a licence to sell game in the form of Schedule III. to this Act without taking out any additional licence to sell game as required in this section.

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21. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any Province in any licence to kill dent may ex- game issued under the Provisions of this Act to except from the district over which pt cerisia such licence shall extend any lands certified in writing by the chairman of any duly which licence registered Acclimatization Society to be then actually and lawfully used by such society shall extend for the purpose of the same and any person hunting or killing or taking any game upon any lands so excepted shall be deemed to be an unlicensed person within the provisions of this Act.

22. Any person who shall take or wilfully destroy the eggs of any game birds shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

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may be kill.

23. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the owner of any animal or bird coming within the provisions of this Act except those enumerated in section twenty-nine of this Act intent from keeping the same in confinement or in a domesticated state or from offering for sale or selling or from killing or taking any such animal or bird so kept in confinement or in a domesticated state and it shall be lawful for any person to buy or offer to buy any such animal or bird.

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24. No person shall sell or offer for sale or buy or offer to buy any game or native mals or birds game except during the months within which it shall be lawful to take or kill game or may be sold. native game and any person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds and in default of payment to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding three months.

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25. It shall be lawful for the Governor to authorize any person or persons to catch or take any such animals or birds or the eggs of any such birds for the purpose of y distributing changing or turning out the same in some other country or other part of this taken. Colony Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any person or persons to commit a trespass and provided further that no person or persons shall be deemed to be so authorized to catch or to take or shall catch or take any animals or birds or the eggs of such birds unless he or they can show a licence so to do under the hand of the Governor of New Zealand for the time being and no such licence shall in any case have any force or effect for a longer period than twelve calendar months from the date of such licence.

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26. No person shall have in his possession except as hereinafter provided any game or native game except during the months hereinbefore respectively specified without lawful excuse the proof whereof to be on the party charged and such game or native such animals game found in the possession of any person shall be presumed to have been taken or killed by such person contrary to the provisions of this Act until proof to the contrary be given by such person.

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27. If any person whatever shall at any time commit any trespass by entering or being upon any land in the search or pursuit of game or native game such person shall input f on conviction thereof before two Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay such sum of Provided money not exceeding twenty pounds as to such Justices shall seem meet always that any person charged with any such trespass shall be at liberty to prove by way of defence any matter which would have been a defence to an action at law for such trespass.

28. Any person found trespassing with gun or dog and gun shall be deemed to be in pursuit of game and subject to the provisions of this Act.

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29. It shall not be lawful for any person to introduce any fox venomous reptile hawk vulture or other bird of prey into the Colony or to liberate or allow to go at large any fox venomous reptile hawk vulture or other bird of prey which may have already been troduced. introduced or to have any fox venomous reptile hawk vulture or other bird of prey not

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