Act No. 113 on the protection of birds and wildlife, and on regulating their hunting

Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 (8) 1973 ACT No. 113 Act for Protection of Birds and Wildlife and Rules Governing their Hunting. Issues by Article 199 from 1973 Agricultural Act No. (20) . This Act is called (Act for Protection of Bf~ds and Wildlife and Rules ~overning their Hunting, 1973) and it shall come into force from the day it is published in the Gazette. Hunting licences are issued to Jordanian and~er residents upon the payment of ~~rdanianDinar according to the following rules: (a) The licence should bear the hunter's photograph. (b) The licence is not transferable. (c) The licence is valid for one year from the date of issue. (d) The licence must be presented to any " official or person delegated to carry out the Agricultural Act. on request. Foreign hunters, who are not resident in the Kingdom, may be issued temporary hunting licences valid for three day~. upon payment of the sum o~~an1an Dinar. The hunting of wildlife and birds is only permitted in those areas and at those seasons specified by the Minister. from time to time. in the Gazette. All kinds of hunting are forbidden in the desert region east of Hijazi railway line with the exception of the Azraq region and "any other regions specified by the Minister in the Gazette on the recommendation of the Hunting Committe~. Hunting of Ibex and Mountain Gazelle in the regions west of Hijazirailway line shall be controlled according to the rules specified by the Minister .in the Gazette on the recommendation of the Hunting Commi.ttee. 210 Article 7 Permission is given to hunters who carry licenced weapons and valid hunting licences to hunt the wildlife and birds listed below in the seasons and regions perm1tted for hunting at times specified under Article 4 of this Act on condition that the number of animals shot and the frequency of hunting do not exceed the specified limits. Number Times Type of Hunt Latin Name Permitted Permitted in a Year Wild Boar Sus scrofa One Twice Ibex Capra ibex one Twice Gazelle (Mountain) Gazella gazella arabica One Twice Arabian Hare Lepus arabicus arabicus Three Many times Honey Badger Mellivora capensis One Three times Reem (Desert G.) Gazella leptocera$ Forbidden to hunt around the year Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata Two Three times Sand Partridge Anunoperdix heyi Six Many times ~~Od Pigeon Columba palumbus No limit Many times unlin Calidris a l.pi.na Thirt.y Many times Starling Sturnus vulgaris Thirty Many times Stock Dove Columba livia Twenty Many times Duck Aythya spp. Twenty Twice a. week Swan Anas spp. One Twice a week..:",. Twice '3 weekCoot Fulica atra Ten Quail Caturnix coturnix Twenty Many times Field Fare Turdus pilaris Twenty Many times Sand Plover Charadrius mongalus Three Many times Article 8 Cancelled Hunting Act No. 47 for 1972 and any other Act the contents of which is contrary to the content of this Act. 211