Section 3, Cap 194

The Governor in Council may, from time to time, makerules with respect to- (1) The prohibition of the hunting and destruction of the animals mentioned in Schedule I hereto, and also of any other animals whose protection, whether owing to their rarity or threatened extermination, may be considered necessary. (2) The prohibition of the hunting and destruction of young animals of the species mentioned in Schedule II hereto. (3) The prohibition of the hunting and destruction of the females of the species in Schedule III hereto. (4) The prohibition, to a certain extent, of the destruction of any females, when they can be recognised as such, with the exception of those of the species mentioned in Schedule V hereto. (5) The prohibition of the hunting and destruction, except in limited numbers over a limited area, and for a limited period of time, of animals of the species mentioned in Schedule IV hereto. (6) The protection and preservation of reserves and of the animals therein. (7) The amendment, the addition or the exclusion of any animal or species, referred to in any of the Schedules to this Ordinance. (8) The establishment of reserves, within which it shall be unlawful, without the special permission of the Governor, to <·: .J Wild Animals, Birds and Fish Preservation [Cap. 194 hunt, capture or kill any specified wild animals or birds, or to hunt, capture or kill any wild animal or bird, except those which shall be specially exempted from protection. (9) The establishment of close seasons with the view to facilitate the rearing of young animals. (10) The issue, forms and terms of licences, the conditions under which licences may be issued, the undertaking to be given by, or which may be required from, an applicant for a licence (including undertakings for the purpose of ensuring the maintenance of satisfactory relations between the licensee and the natives in whose districts he hunts), the fees, if any, payable for licences, the deposits, if any, to be made as security for the observance of such terms and undertakings, and of rules, and the production and registration of licences. {11) The prohibition of the hunting of wild animals by any persons, except holders of licences issued under this Ordinance. (12) The methods by which wild animals may be hunted or destroyed. (13) The imposition of export duties on any trophy. (14) The regulation and control of the manufacture of articles from trophies. (15) The prohibition of hunting or killing young elephants, and the prescribing of a weight under which elephants' tusks may not be sold or bartered, or attempted to be sold or bartered, and the confiscation of tusks sold, bartered, or attempted to be sold or bartered, of less than the prescribed weight. (16) The application of measures for preventing the transmission of contagious diseases from domestic to wild animals. (17) The application of measures for effecting the sufficient reduction of the numbers of the animals of the species mentioned in Schedule V hereto. (18) The destruction of the eggs of crocodiles, poisonous snakes and pythons. (19) Notifications and returns to be made of animals killed, and the persons by whom the same are to be made. (20) The forfeiture and disposal of any trophy which has been obtained by killing an animal in circumstances which would have constituted a contravention of any rule made Restrictions upon the export and import of trophies. Restrictions upon the export of wild animals. 22 of 1948. under this Ordinance, had such killing not been in selfdefence or unintentional. (2I) Generally for the better carrying into effect the purposes of this Ordinance. Rules made under this section may apply to the whole area of the Colony and Protectorate, or to such part thereof, and to all or to such classes of persons, as the Governor in Council may prescribe, and for any breach of any such rule he may impose a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds, or imprisonment, with or without hard labour, not exceeding six months. Except in so far as they rna y be revoked or amended by rules made under this section, the rules contained in Schedule VI to this Ordinance shall be in force, and shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance.