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Laws of Fiji

Subsidiary legislation under the Birds and Game Protection Act

Made 1974 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Country
Fiji
Subjects
Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
birds, hunting/capture, protected area, protection of species, biodiversity

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  1. CHAPTER 170 BIRDS AND GAME PROTECTION SECTION 9-BIRDS AND GAME PROTECTION (LICENCE FEE) REGULATIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS REGULATION l. Short title 2. Licence fee 3. Revocation Legal Notice No. 217 of 1974 Short title 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Birds and Game Protection (Licence Fee) Regulations. Licence fee 2. The licence fee for the killing of game shall be $2 per annum. Revocation 3. The licence fee previously prescribed and published at page 5560 in Volume IX of the Laws of Fiji (1967 Revised Edition) is hereby revoked. SECTION 9-KILLING OR TAKING OF PIGEONS Legal Notice No. 59 of 1984 The maximum number of pigeons that may be taken or killed by any person holding a licence to kill or take game under subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act in any one day during the 1984 season is five. SECTION IO-DUTIES OF GAME RANGERS Notice 22 November 1958 The duties of persons appointed to act as game rangers shall be to enforce the provisions of the Birds and Game Protection Act and to prevent and detect offences thereunder. S-2 Birds and Game Protection Cap. 170 Rev. 1985 Subsidiary Legislation SECTION 11-RESERVED AREA. ALL GAME Proclamation No. 6 of 1945, Legal Notice No. 80 of 1979 It shall unlawful for any person, without the written permission of the Minister, to sho9t, capture, take or destroy any kind of game or to take or destroy the nest or eggs of any such game within the following area; that is to say: All that portion of land situate about Korobaba comprising an area of 100 ha being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title No. 6925 in the Province of Rewa and bounded as follows: Commencing on the northern boundary of Qoya Crown Freehold Certificate of Title Volume XI/05 Folio 115 at its intersection with the left bank of the Waica Creek at a waterfall; thence northerly following the left bank of the Waica Creek upstream for about 825 m; thence north-westerly following a tributary of the Waica Creek up~J-eam for about 60 m; thence by a line bearing 288 degrees 27 minutes for 8 m to an iron peg; thence by direct lines bearing respectively 321 degrees 58 minutes for 124 m to a concrete peg on a spur, 353 degrees 56 minutes for 253 m to a concrete peg, 358 degrees 55 minutes for 169 m to a concrete peg about 220 m west from Korobaba Trigonometrical Station, 17 degrees 11 minutes for 141 m to an iron peg, 26 degrees 25 minutes for 160 m to an iron peg, 43 degrees 43 minutes for 142 m to a concrete peg on a spur about 360 m north from Korobaba Trigonometrical Station aforesaid, 122 degrees 13 minutes for 340 m to a concrete peg on a spur, 124 degrees 27 minutes for 259 m to a concrete peg on a spur, 141 degrees 21 minutes for 47 m to an iron peg, 168 degrees 45 minutes for 33 m to an iron peg, 114 degrees 43 minutes for 36 m to an iron peg, 139 degrees 06 minutes for 54 m to an iron peg, 109 degrees 05 minutes for 38 m to an iron peg, 118 degrees 32 minutes for 53 m to an iron peg, 132 degrees 52 minutes for 48 m to an iron peg, 148 degrees 23 minutes for 53 m to an iron peg, 207 degrees 38 minutes for 53 m to an iron peg, 189 degrees 37 minutes for 37 m to an iron peg, 197 degrees 19 minutes for 84 m to an iron peg, 142 degrees 10 minutes for 56 m to an iron peg, 146 degrees 29 minutes for 27 m to an iron peg, 157 degrees 49 minutes for 56 m to an iron peg, 147 degrees 06 minutes for 56 m to an iron peg, 93 degrees 01 minutes for 37 m to an iron peg, 162 degrees 03 minutes for 77 m to a concrete peg on the western boundary of Certificate of Title Volume XI/05 Folio 212; thence by the western boundary of that Certificate of Title bearing 199 degrees 19 minutes for 442 m to the northern boundary of Qoya Crown Freehold aforesaid; thence by the northern boundary of that Freehold bearing 273 degrees 35 minutes for 55 m, 256 degrees 18 minutes for 45 m, 282 degrees 00 minutes for ,51 m, 287 degrees 45 minutes for 25 m. 270 degrees 50 minutes for 55 m, 243 degrees 48 minutes for 78 m, 257 degrees 54 minutes for 63 m, 248 degrees 05 minutes for 50 m, 235 degrees 05 minutes for 37 m, 225 degrees 22 minutes for 25 m, 187 degrees 34 minutes for 44 m, 194 degrees 48 minutes for 59 m, 192 degrees 44 minutes for 44 m, 198 degrees 50 minutes for 34 m, 235 degrees 08 minutes for 20 m and 294 degrees 24 minutes for 24 m to the point of commencement. (Amended by legal Notice No. 80 of 1979.) Controlled by Ministry of Primary Industries

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