Fauna Conservation (Hunting on State Land) Regulations (Chapter 38:01)

Copyright Government of Botswana (under section 92) (19th May, 1967) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATIONS 1. Citation and application 2. Interpretation 3. Prohibition of hunting certain animals 4. Destruction of animals in self-defence 5. Destruction of animals causing damage to livestock, etc. 6. Penalties Schedule S.I. 25, 1967, S.I. 39, 1967. 1. Citation and application These Regulations may be cited as the Fauna Conservation (Hunting on State Land) Regulations, and shall apply to persons subject to a customary law resident on State Land in the Kgalagadi and Ghanzi districts in respect of hunting on State Land in the district in which they reside. 2. Interpretation For the purposes of these Regulations "district" means a district prescribed in the Administrative Districts Act . 3. Prohibition of hunting certain animals No person to whom these Regulations apply shall, within the areas to which these Regulations apply, hunt any animal listed in the Schedule except under and in accordance with a licence or permit lawfully issued under the provisions of the Act. 4. Destruction of animals in self-defence (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, it shall be lawful for any person to whom these Regulations apply to kill or injure any animal listed in the Schedule in defence of himself or another person if this is immediately and absolutely necessary. (2) The burden of proving that any animal has been killed or injured in accordance with the provisions of this regulation shall lie upon the person who killed or injured such animal. 5. Destruction of animals causing damage to livestock, etc. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, it shall be lawful for any person to whom these Regulations apply who is the occupier of land, or any person authorized by him, to destroy on such land any animal listed in the Schedule causing damage to any livestock, crops, water installation or fence. (2) The District Commissioner may authorize the killing of, and it shall be lawful for a Copyright Government of Botswana person to whom these Regulations apply to kill or injure in accordance with such authority, any wild animal, which in the opinion of the District Commissioner has caused and is likely again to cause damage to any livestock, crops, water installation or fence. 6. Penalties Any person contravening the provisions of regulation 3 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding P200 or, in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or such imprisonment without the option of a fine or both and shall, in addition, be liable to the penalties prescribed in section 91 of the Act in relation to persons convicted of contravening Regulations made thereunder. SCHEDULE Bat-eared Fox (Motlose) Cheetah (Lengau) Eland (Phofu) Gemsbok (Kukama) Giraffe (Thutlwa) Kudu (Tholo) Leopard (Nkwe) Lion (Tau) Springbok (Tshephe) FAUNA CONSERVATION (NAMES OF ANIMALS) REGULATIONS (under section 92) (22nd December, 1967) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATIONS 1. Citation 2. English and Setswana equivalents of scientific names Schedule S.I. 74, 1967. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Fauna Conservation (Names of Animals) Regulations. 2. English and Setswana equivalents of scientific names For the purposes of the Fauna Conservation Act, and of any statutory instrument made