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Laws of Nigeria

Wild Animals Preservation (Prohibition of Dazzle) Regulations, no. 6 of 1934

Made 1934 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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About this law

Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
African Union (AU)
Country
Nigeria · Anambra
Subjects
Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
hunting/capture, birds, hunting gear/hunting methods, wild fauna, protection of species, biodiversity

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  1. The Wild Animals [CAP. 152 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION"' Wild Animals Preservation (Prohibition of Dazzle) Regulations 1. These regulations may be called the Wild Animals Preservation (Prohibition of Dazzle) Regulations. 2. The killing or capturing of animals or birds by using a bright lamp or other portable light for the purpose o[ dazzling them or otherwise rendering them more easy rrey, is hereby prohibited. Penalty: a tine of one hundred naira. Wild Animuls Preservntio11 (Licenses) Regulations 4721 Rci:ulatioo 6 of 19J<t. Hegulntions 12 of 1916,47 of 1''18, 34 of 1919,Sof 1Q25 JS of 1928'. 7 of 1931. 1. These regulations may be cited as the Wild Animals Preserv::ition citntion. (Licences) Regulations. Licences 2. Licences under section 23 of the Law may be issued by any Local Government Secretary, officer, Magistrate or officer of the Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and shall be in the forms set out in the First Schedule. Grnnt of licences.First 3.(1) A resident non�Nigerian's licence or a visitor's licence maybe Schedulr renewed on the payment of the fees following- (a) resident non-Nigerian's licence-monthly renewal, fifty kobo. Fonn A. (h) visitor's licence-monthly renewal, two hundred and twenty-five naira. Form 1t • No Regulations have been 11111de under section 50 to replace tbesc regulations which were made under section 18, 22 and 43 o[ the Repealed Cap. 133 Laws of Eastern Nigeria, 1963. These regulations remain valid hy virtue of section 20 of the Intaprclation Lnw(Cap. 71).

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