Wild Animals and Birds (Sanctuary) Act (Cap. 339)

GHENAlJA. Ordlnl\uces AN Cl\p. :,45-1\1;14 n~\l~Ic)Il, tic), 29 of 1\156, Flhol't t.ttte. onDlNANCE TO F,STABl,Ii'lH TIII~ GHAND ETJ\tH: Fonrsj HESERVE AS 1\ SI\NCTUl\llY Fon TIm WILD ANIMALS ANll BIRDS OF' THF. COLONY, AND TO MAKF: Sl'F~CIAL TEMI'OMn\' rHoVISTON rou TilE PROTECTION OF TIlE AGOUTI, AIlMI\Illlt,{) AND CE:HTAlN SNAKES. [20lh March, 1!J211. J I, This Ordinance may bt- eilpd as the In t r-rprntu­ tlon, l;;';ll\hll~h­ IU~'J) t 'J( f\ Sf\Il"lI11Il'r f,,1' wu.t nUltHlfl,. nUt\ hlrdR orteuc..,, WILD '\NIl\IAI,s ANI) nums (S,\N()TlJ1\Il\') OItHlN1\NCK :~, In this Ordinnnce tile r-xprosslon " Ilrourru " ltlt'llIdl"; all air-gun or any ol.her kiml of gun Irum which any shot, bullet or other missile van be discharged. :~, Tile Crown lands described as the Grand Etl g Forest Reserve in the Grand F:tanl~ Forest Hp~:f'l've Ordlnanrr­ shnll IH' esLahll:;lI\'d 1I:~ It r.nlwlllul'Y 101' HII' wild unlmals RIlII hi uls of tile Colony. 4, Subject [IS hcrelnatter mcntloned, any person who shall in the Grand El.ang Forest Reserve (a) kill. wound or take, 01' nttompt to kill. \\'ollllll or take any wild anlmal or bird; or (1J) set any snare 01' trap Ior tile capture of any wild annual or bird; or (c) carry any Ilrearm ; shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance : Cap. :U il.] Wild Animals and Birds (SnJldWll'Y), Provided that no prosecution under paragraph (c) of this section shall be lnstituted without the previous snnctlon of the Attorney General. fJ. (1) Any person who shall, ill any part 01 t11~ Colony, kill, wound or take, or attempt to kill, wound or take, or have in his possession any animal known as the Agouti or ,'00110, (Dasyprocta albida ) , sha ll be 1~llilty of an ()fT('I1(~e ll~ainst, this Ordinance. (2) Any person who shall in any Forest Hl'sl'rve in the Colony k ill, WOlllHI or take, or attempt 10 kill, wound or take, or have ill his possession lilly animal known as the 'I'atnu OJ' Nine-banded Armadillo, (Dasypus novemr-inctus hoplites), or any of the snakes spccifled in the Schedule hereto. shall Ilt~ gllilty of an off'ence against this Ordinance. (:3) This section shall have eflt'd only fur It period of 5t~ years from the first day of January, nmeteen hundred and tr~ty-sQ.v.Bn,< (j. Notwlthst.anding anything in sectlons 4 and fi of this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may, hy writing under his hand. for S1Ieh time and sllhjed 10 slwh COlHliUOIIS as he t.hlnks Ill., nuthorlzo any person either for sl'ientHk pllrpnsps or for l.hc purpose of r(>dlleitl[~ the number of wild nnlmuls, birds or snakes in the Grauel }i;t<lllg Ji'on'st Hc'serve or in any other Forest Reserve In the Colony, to carry Ilrearms, to set snares and traps and to k ill 01' take uny animal or hlrtl, OJ' any of the snnlws spc('ifird in flIP fidtc!lll1r heret o. 7. Any person who is gllilty of till n/kllce ngrlilli;t this Ordinance shall be liable Oil sumnuuy con vic Lion 10 H tine not exceeding Iorty-eight dollars, and, ill the case of a second or any subsequent offcnee, in addition to 511eh Ilne, to unprtsonmcnt for a term not, {'x{'('cding three months. 3'119 ~prdH\ 1t~lt\ptlf!\ry protection foJ' tho A",011iL tilled"l tf.II1~t(H I. -v lH ot(~(··f 'Pit for I he ']'n.IO'!, (Joverllor In ('0'\1\,'11 1\ Hy ~ t\l1thorln' tnt1~1'~ (;~ wlltl :'IlI"'Ii.lII. blHhf III' 8, Where any person is convicted of an olff'w'p ngalnst :rod,lt .. ," of ttrl~"r~l~~. this Ordinance, the COIll'!; maY,in addition to any penall.y ,~I). that may be imposed, order any firearm, SHale, or trap used by such person in the commission of the offence to be forfeited. 3'120. 'fHE SCHEDULE. SHakes. (Sectloll !i(:!1 I, 1, Lcplolyphlops a lhlf runs. Whllc-hl'adct! worrn snuko. 2. Hem hurt.ulnnu, (Corallu:;}. CI'II)O. 3. Don ureundousls, (Cornllw;} ... Sarpinl", Blown In'!' \)0[1. 4. Urymoblus boddaert tl. Boddncrts tree snake. 5. Lelmadophls mclnuotus. Shaw's racer. 6. Cloelln c cloella, (Oxyrhupus l . Black crlbo. 7. Pseudoboa neuwclu!i. Nr-uweld's 1I1001\Sllllke.