Fauna Conservation (Trophy Dealers) Regulations, 1971 (Chapter 38:01)

Copyright Government of Botswana Pelea capreolus Rhebok Python sebea Python Tlhware sub-order Ophidia Snakes diNoga Varanus spp. Monitor Lizards (Leguaans) boGopane boKgwathe Crocodilus niloticus Crocodile Kwena Galago senegalensis Night-Ape moGwele FAUNA CONSERVATION (TROPHY DEALERS) REGULATIONS (under section 92) (16th July, 1971) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Rendering of returns of trophy dealers 4. Keeping of journals by trophy dealers 5. Incomplete, false, inaccurate and misleading registers and returns 6. Marking of trophies 7. Penalties First Schedule - Return of Game Trophies and Karosses Second Schedule - Trophy Dealer's Day-by-day Journal S.I. 76, 1967, S.I. 81, 1971. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Fauna Conservation (Trophy Dealers) Regulations. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "day of acquisition" means the day when a trophy is brought on to the premises of a trophy dealer; "disposal" includes the passaging of a trophy from one premises of a trophy dealer to other premises of the same trophy dealer. 3. Rendering of returns of trophy dealers Copyright Government of Botswana (1) A trophy dealer shall render, to the persons listed in subregulation (2) hereof and in the form prescribed in the First Schedule hereto, a return of all tropies exported from or imported into Botswana or acquired or sold locally by him during the two-monthly period commencing on the first day of the month following the last two-monthly period in respect of which the trophy was exported, imported, acquired or sold, as the case may be. (2) The returns referred to in subregulation (1) shall be made on or before the 15th day of the month next following the end of the period to which the return relates and one copy of each shall be rendered to (a) the Chief Game Warden, P.O. Box 131, Gaborone; (b) the Licensing Officer of the District in which the trophy dealer carries on business. (3) A copy of every return rendered by a trophy dealer under the provisions of this regulation shall be retained and kept by him and shall be produced for inspection upon demand. 4. Keeping of journals by trophy dealers (1) A trophy dealer shall keep in triplicate a journal in the form in the Second Schedule hereto in which he shall enter on the day of acquisition by him of any trophy (a) the nature of the trophy; (b) the name and address of the person from whom such trophy was obtained; (c) the serial number allocated to the trophy under regulation 6 hereof; and (d) if it is a trophy in respect of which a hunting licence is required, the licence number under which the trophy was hunted, and he shall further enter into such journal on the day when such trophy is disposed of (i) the date of such disposal; (ii) the manner in which the trophy has been disposed of; and (iii) if such trophy has been disposed of to any other person, the name and address of such other person. (2) A copy of the journal in respect of the period under which a return is being made under regulation 3 shall be forwarded at the same time as such return to (a) the Chief Game Warden, P.O. Box 131, Gaborone; and (b) the Licensing Officer for the District in which the trophy dealer carries on business. (3) The journals kept under this regulation shall be registered for the purposes of section 73 of the Act. 5. Incomplete, false, inaccurate and misleading registers and returns A return made under the provisions of regulation 3 or a register kept under the provisions of regulation 4 which is incomplete or which contains information which is false, inaccurate Copyright Government of Botswana or misleading shall not be a return for the purposes of section 73 of the Act. 6. Marking of trophies Every trophy dealer shall, upon the day when he acquires any trophy, mark upon such trophy in indelible ink (a) the date of such acquisition; (b) the number of his trophy dealer's licence and a serial number, which said serial number shall be one of a series of consecutive numbers commencing from the first trophy marked by him upon the commencement of keeping a journal for a new two-monthly period under regulation 4. 7. Penalties Any trophy dealer who fails to comply with these Regulations or who fails to enter any matter upon a return or journal on the day prescribed shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. FIRST SCHEDULE RETURN OF GAME TROPHIES AND KAROSSES (Section 73, Fauna and Conservation Act (Cap. 38:01) Trophy Dealer ................................................... Date ....................... to .................... Address .................................................................................................................... Please state the quantity of game skins, trophies, karosses and mats both bought and sold locally, imported and exported into or outside Botswana, the average price paid for articles bought and the average selling price of articles sold. This return must be submitted to the Chief Game Warden, P.O. Box 131, Gaborone, and to the District Commissioner of the District in which you carry on business every two months, and should cover the periods: 1st January-28th February, 1st March-30th April, etc. Brough t forward from last return Imported into Botswana Purchase d locally Averag e price paid per article Exporte d during last two months Sold locall y GAME SKINS Buffalo Nare Bushbuck seRolo-botlhoko Caracal (Lynx) Thwane Copyright Government of Botswana Cat, African wild Phage (Tibe) Crocodile Kwena Dassie (Hyrax) Pela Duiker Phuti Eland Phofu Fox, Bat-eared moTlhose Fox, Silver (Cape) leSie (mMyana) Gemsbok Kukama Genet Tshipa Grysbok Phuduhudu ennye Hartebeest Kgama Hyaena, Spotted Phiri Impala Phala Jackal, Black-backed Phokoje emokotla montsho Jackal, Side-striped seKgee (raNtalaje) Kudu Tholo Lechwe laTawee Leopard Nkwe Lion Tau Lizard, Monitor Gopane Ostrich Ntshe Pig, Wild (Bush) Kolobe yanaga Python Tlhware Reedbuck seBugata Copyright Government of Botswana Roan Antelope Kwalata etshetlha Sable Antelope Kwalata entsho Springhare Ntole Sitatunga Naakong Snakes (unspecified) diNoga Springbok Tshephe Steenbuck Phuduhudu Tsessebe Kabole (Tshesebe) Warthog Kolobe Wildebeest Kgokong Zebra Pitse yanaga OTHER TROPHIES Animal fat (ibs) Animal bones (ibs) Horns Claws of cats Feet Antelope Buffalo Elephant Ostrich Ostrich eggs Ostrich feathers (ibs) Porcupine quills (ibs) Skulls Cats (unspec.) Leopard Copyright Government of Botswana Lion Tails Buffalo Sable Wildebeest Zebra Hair (ibs) Ivory (ibs) Other Other KAROSSES & MATS Caracal (Lynx) Cats (unspecified) Fox, Bat-eared Fox, silver Jackal (unspecified) One major skin, male Mixed fur animals Small antelope, male Other SECOND SCHEDULE TROPHY DEALER'S DAY-BY-DAY JOURNAL Name of Trophy Dealer Address Serial No. Date Description of Trophy From Whom Obtained Licence No. under which Trophy Hunted (if applicable) How Disposed of and to whom