National Parks and Wildlife (Control of Trophies and Trade in Trophies) Regulations, 1994 (G.N. No. 86 of 1994)

267 GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 86 NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT (No. 11 OF 1992) NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (CONTROL OF TROPHIES AND TRADE IN TROPHIES) REGULATIONS, 1994 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 87 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act, I, MFUNJO MWANJASI MWAKIKUNGA, Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, acting on the recommendation of the \Vildlife Research and Management Board, make the following Regulations 1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Parks and Citation Wildlife (Control of Trophies and Trade in Trophies) Regulations, 1994. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Int erpre tat1on 268 Trading in trophies Reward for recovery of rhinoceros horn or ivory Registration of rhinoceros horn and ivory 9th December, 1994 "ivory" means a tusk of an elephant or any part thereof; "trophy" means ivory and the whole or any part of the horn, head, tusk, bone, or skin of any protected species and includes the eggs, egg shells, nests or plumage of any protected bird, but does not include any article manufactured from any trophy. 3. No person shall carry on a trade in trophies or manufacture articles from trophies for sale unless he is in possession of a troph~· dealer's permit in the form set out in the First Schedule, and such permit shall be issued subject to payment of appropriate fee set out in the Second Schedule. 4. Where any person has brought to an officer a rhinoceros horn or other ivory which under section 90 of the Act is a government trophy, or has given information to any officer leading to the recovery of a rhinoceros horn or other ivory, the Chief Parks and Wildlife Officer may, subject to the directions of the Minister, pay a reward at 50 per cent of the value of ivory or, in the case of rhinoceros horn, K200 per kg. 5. The Officer to whom a rhinoceros horn or other ivory is produ ced shall cause it to be weighed and indelibly marked with the particular mark allocated to the district as shown in the Third Schedule, the year of registration, and a serial number and shall enter such particulars in a register which shall be in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule. FIRST SCHEDULE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT (No. 11 OF 1992) reg. 3 NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (CONTROL OF TROPHIES AND TRADE IN TROPHIES) REGULA TIO NS A TROPHY DEALER'S PERMIT (Name) ..................................................... of .......................................... . (address) is hereby permitted to carry on a trade or to manufacture articles from trophies for sale at ................................................................................. . subject to the Act and Regulations made thereunder and conditions endorsed on this permit 1. The manufacture of articles from or trade in trophies shall be carried on only at the address stated above unless a change of address is notified in writing to an officer entitled to grant a permit. 2. The premises and workshops where this trade and manufacture are carried on shall be open to inspection by an officer during normal working hours. 3. An} certificate of ownership in respect of stock in trade or raw material on the premises shall be available for inspection by an officer during normal business hours. 4. The holder of this permit shall maintain a register showing all purchases of 9th December, 1994 269 trophies and their disposal and he shall enter in such register the numbers of the certificates of ownership relating to such trophies. Date of issue ................................................................................... . Date of expiry ................................................................................. . Fee paid ·························································································· (Signature of Officer Granting Permit) Title: ....................................................... . ( Official stamp) Matter SECOND SCHEDULE FEES Trophy Dealer's Permit Blantyre Chikwawa Chiradzulu Dedza Dowa Karonga Kasungu Lilongwe Machinga Mangochi Mchinji Chitipa THIRD SCHEDULE MALA WI GOVERNMENT NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT DISTRICT MARKS FOR IVORY AND RHINOCEROS HORN BT Salima CK Mulanje CZ Mwanza DZ Mzimba DA Nkhata Bay KA Nkhotakota KU Nsanje LL Ntcheu MHG Ntchisi MH Rumphi MC Thyolo CP Zomba FOURTH SCHEDULE REGISTER OF IVORY AND RHINOCEROS HORN State Whether reg. 3 Fee per annum K t 100 00 (reg. 5) SA MJ MN MZ NB KK NE NU NS RU TO ZA (reg. 5) Tusk or Hom Weight Registration Number Remarks