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9.-(1.) In the case of an offence against this Ordinance, any person may require the offender to give his name, description, and place of abode.

(2.) If such offender does not truly give his name, des- cription, and place of abode, he shall be guilty of an offence in addition to that which he shall have been found committing.

Offender must give name, etc,

10. Every person who shall commit any offence against Penalty. this Ordinance, or who shall be guilty of a breach of any condition of a licence, shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

11. Any bird or any part of any bird or the nest or Bird or any eggs of any bird in respect of which a conviction takes part thereof place shall be forfeited.

any

forfeited.

12. Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance the Authority Governor may by writing under his hand anthorise for scientific person for snch time and subject to such conditions as he purposes, etc, thinks fit, for scientific or other purposes, to kill, wound or take any wild bird or to take or remove the nest or eggs of any wild bird.

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13. The Governor-in-Council may with regard to any Governor-in- game or to any bird specified in Schedule B, and with respect to the whole or any particular part of the Colony, season. extend or vary by Order-in-Council the prohibited time for killing, wounding, taking, exposing, offering for sale, purchasing and exporting any game, or any sucli bird, or any part thereof, or for taking, removing, injuring or des- troying the nest or eggs of any such bird.

in-Council

14. The Governor-in-Council may by Order-in-Council Governor- amend any of the Schedules to this Ordinance in any way whatsoever.

may amend Schedules.

SCHEDULE A.

This Schedule shall include every description of wild

bird except the following:-

(a.) Snipe, woodcock, geese and swaus.

(5.) The wild birds specified in Schedule B.

SCHEDULE B.

Pheasants.

Partridges.

Plover,

Quail.

'Wild Duck,

Widgeon.

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Pigeons of the scale back or large grey variety.

SCHEDULE C.

G.

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LICENCE

TO SHOOT AND TAKE CERTAIN WILD BIRDS AND GAME.

The Wild Birds and Game Preservation Ordinance, 1914.

Permission is hereby granted to Mr.

to shoot and take certain wild birds and game within the Colony of Hongkong subject to the following conditions :---

1. The wild birds included in the Wild Birds and Game Preservation Ordinance, 1914, Schedule A, a copy of which appears on the back of this licence, may not be shot or taken at any time.

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