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Game Preservation Act, 1930

PART I.

Preservation and Protection of Game.

Close season for various classes of game.

3.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to kill or take any game belonging to a class of game mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act during the period specified in respect of such class of game in the second column of the said First Schedule.

(2) The Minister may, on the application of the master or other person having charge of a pack of harriers, issue to such person a permit to hunt in any district specified in such permit with such pack of harriers during the month of March in the year in which such permit is issued, and whenever any such permit is so issued the taking and killing of hares by hunting with the pack of harriers in the district and during the period to which such permit relates shall not be a contravention of this section.

(3) The Minister may, on the application of a recognised coursing club, issue to such club a permit to hold coursing matches on the day or days specified in such permit between the 1st and the 18th day (both days inclusive) of the month of March in the year in which such permit is issued, and whenever any such permit is so issued the taking and killing of hares by coursing with not more than two dogs let loose from slips in pursuit of the hare at coursing matches held on a day specified in such permit by the recognised coursing club to whom such permit is issued shall not be a contravention of this section.

(4) Every person who kills or takes any game in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act and shall be punishable accordingly.

(5) In this Act and in every Act passed after the passing of this Act the expression “annual close season” in relation to game belonging to any of the classes of game mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act means the annual period of time within which the killing or taking of such game is prohibited by this Act.