PRESERVATION OF WILD BIRDS AND GAME ORDINANCE

PRESERVATION OF WILD BIRDS AND GAME ORDINANCE

Wild Birds Preservation.

No. 15 of 1885.

An Ordinance emitlcd The Preservation of Wild Birds and Game
Ordinance.

[ 13th June, 1885.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to make R provision for the preservation of
wild birds and game: I3e it enacted by the Governor of Hong-
kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as-follows :---

1. Ordinances 1 of 1370 and 16 of 1884, are hereby repealed.

2. In this Ordinance ° the words `wild bird' shall include every
description of wild bird; and the word 'game' shall include every des-
cription of deer, have, rabbit, pheasant, partridge, grouse, heath or moor
game, black game, bustard, woodcock, snipe, quail, handrail, wild duck,
and widgeon. y

3. No lierson shall kill, w ound, take, or attempt to kill, wound, or
take any wild bird, or game, or use any gun, uet, or other instrument
whatever for such purpose, without having previously ob-tained a licence
from the Governor in Council as hereinafter provided.

And no person shall, from the month of April to the month of
>Septenlber both inclusive, offer for sale ia- .this Colony any pheasant
or
partridge.

Ordinance No. 15 of 1885.

Wild Birds Preservation.

Any person committing an offence against this section shall be lia-
ble, on surrnlial°y conviction before a 12a~;istrate, for a first offence
to a
penalty not elceedin,; ten dollars, and for any subsequent offence to a
penalty not eaceedialu twenty-flve dollars with or without imprisonment
with hard labour not exceeding 1 month.
4. ~ Where any person is found offending against this Ordinance, it
shall be lawful for any person to require tine person so offending to give
his name, surname and place of abode; and in case the person offending
r
after being so .required, refuses to give his, real malzae and place of
abode,
h e shall be livable on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate to
a
penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in additiowto any punishment
which may be inflicted under section 3.
The Governor in Council may, from bane to time, at discretion
grant to any person, for Sl1Ch, considerations and upon such conditions
cud for such periods not exceeding ten years at any one tinne and in such
form as may, from tvirne to tirtie, be determined by the Goxrernor in
Cr;uncil,
permission to shoot ai:acl tale gauze or wild birds or any particular des-
criptions of game or wild lauds withineany particular districts or
localities
in this Colony.
If at any tine any person to wlloln such permission has been granted
is, in the ol)inicn of the .Governor in Council, guilty of any breach of
any
condition on ,which tilt; canoe was gruratecl, the Governor is Council
may,.
by order, revoke the same.
1895

Ordinance 1 of 1870 and 16 of 1884 repealed.
Interpretation.
Penalty for killing or wounding, &c., birds, without a licence; and offering for sale pheasant or partridge between April & September.
1896

Penalty for refusing to gice name and address.
Governor in Council may grant licence to shoot and take game, &c., and may revoke such licence.

1895

Ordinance 1 of 1870 and 16 of 1884 repealed.
Interpretation.
Penalty for killing or wounding, &c., birds, without a licence; and offering for sale pheasant or partridge between April & September.
1896

Penalty for refusing to gice name and address.
Governor in Council may grant licence to shoot and take game, &c., and may revoke such licence.

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