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Amendment of section 31 (sale, purchase and possession of certain perching birds prohibited) of Principal Act.
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39.—Section 31 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) by the addition, to subsection (1), after “bred in captivity” of “; but nothing in this subsection shall make unlawful the possession consequent upon the capture of any such bird pursuant to and in accordance with a licence or permission granted under this Act”, and
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(b) by the substitution, in subsection (4), of “not later than 10 days after it has been hatched” for “while a fledgling”,
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and the said subsections (1) and (4), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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(1) It shall be an offence for any person to sell, purchase or have in his possession a live perching bird to which this section applies other than a close-ringed specimen bred in captivity; but nothing in this subsection shall make unlawful the possession consequent upon the capture of any such bird pursuant to and in accordance with a licence or permission granted under this Act.
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(4) In this section “close-ringed specimen” means a specimen of live perching bird (order Passeriformes) fitted with a continuous metal band or ring which has been slipped over its foot and on to its leg not later than 10 days after it has been hatched.
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