Wildlife Conservation (Dealing in Trophies) Regulations, 1974 (G.Ns. Nos. 265 and 268)
Made 1974 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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Wildlife Conservation (Dealings in Trophies} REGULATIONS Mod. under leClion 84 ss [Subsidiary] nIB wn.DUPB CONSI!IlVATION (DEALINGS IN TROPHIES) REGULATIONS.a.Ns, 1974 Nos.265 1974 and268 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife Conservation (Dealings in Trophies) Regulations. 1974 and shall come into operation on the first day of December, 1974. 2. A Trophy Dealer's Licence may be issued to any citizen of the United Republic upon an application made by him in the form prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations and upon pay ment of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule in relation to tho dealing in trophy for which a licence is applied for. 3. A Trophy Dealer's Licence shall be in the form prescribed in tho Third Schedule to these Regulations. 4. No person shall be issued with a trophy dealer's licence unless (a) the licensing officer is fully satisfied that the applicant is a person of integrity; (b) the applicant bas been recommended for a trophy dealer'. licence by a designated organization. 5.-(1) A licensed trophy dealer shall not (a) carry on any dealing or enter into any transaction in relation to any trophy unIess such dealing or transaction is authorized by his licence; or (b) carry on his business save on the premises specified in the lictnce; or (e) deal in any category of trophies other than that specified in tho licence. (2) Every licensed trophy dealer shaR <a) store the trophies in which he deals in the premises approved by the licensiDg offica' as adequate and suitable for' atorage of tropbiel; 56 (Subsidiary] Wildlife Conservation (Dealings in Trophies) (b) if he is carrying on any other business in addition to his trophy business, assign a portion of his business premiaes for tho carrying on of the trophy business and no other business shall be carried on within such portion: Provided that it shall not be necessary to separate such P.Ortion from tho rest of tho business premises by any partition if such portion is otherwise easily identifiable as the portion within which trophy business is being carried on; (0) exhibit In some conspicuous place within the portion of his business premises in which trophy business is being carried 00 a notice in tho form prescribed in the Fourth Schedule; (d) keep and maintain an appropriate trophy dealer's register in the form prescribed in tho Fifth or Sixth Schedule to these Regula tions (whichever form is applicable in his case) and shall, as soon as may be practicable after tho conclusion on any transac tion involving a trophy, enter in such register such particulars as arc required to be recorded in the registers; (0) submit on or before the thirty-first day of January, thirtieth day of April. thirty-first day of July and thirty-first day of October in each year a copy of all the entries in his register relating to all tho transactions entered into during the three months immediately preceding the month in which such copy is to be submitted. (3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Regula tion shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fino and such imprisonment. 6.-(1) A trophy export certificate under section 63 of the Wildli[e Conservation Act, 1974 shall be in the form prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to these Regulations and may be issued upon payment by applicant of a fee of two shillings. (2) A licensing officer may refuse to issue a trophy export certificato in relation to a trophy if in his opinion the trophy was not lawfully acquired or that it is against the public interest for tho trophy to be exported. (3) Every trophy ClXport certificate shalJ be valid for a period of ono month from tho date of issue save where a longer period is specified in such certificate. (4) Where two or more trophies are sought to be exported as ono consignment. the licensing officer may issue one trophy export certi ficate in relation to all the trophies in that consignment. (5) Notwithstanding the foregoin provisions of this regulation a trophy export certificate in respect of any animal or trophy made from any part of an animal specified in the Eighth Schedule to these Regulations and which is protected by the 1973 Convention of Inter Wildlife C011Sm'ati(1fl (Dealings in Trophies) 57 [Subsidiary] national Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora entered into at Washington shall be valid only if issued and signed both by the Director and the Chief Research Officer of the Game Division. 7. No person shall, without the prior approval in writing of the Director, import or export any trophy otherwise than through one of the customs posts specified in the Ninth Schedule to these Regulations. 8. Any trophy which is in Tanganyika in transit from one country to anothere shall forthwith upon being brought into Tanganyika be produced to a licensing officer who may, if he is satisfied that the trophy was lawfully acquired by the owner. direct the owner to deposit the trophy in a customs bonded warehouse or in such other place as the Director may from time to time specify for such purpose until such trophy is exported. 9. Any pereson who fails to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations or makes any false statement in any application or other document or to any authorized officer performing any function under the Act or any subsidiary legislation shall be guilty of an ofienee and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifteen thou sand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three yea.tll or to both such fine and such imprisooment. Game Form No. 13 FIRST SCHEDULE TANZANIA APPLlCAttON FOR A TROPHY DEALER'S UCENC£ 1. Full name of applicant.. . 2. Sex 3. Age 4. Nationality .. 5. Residential address . 6. Bulinen address (1) P.O. Box (2) Telephone(s) .. (3) Plot No (4) Street/Area .. (5) Town/Place . 7. Size of (1) Factory (2) Show·room . 8. Number and Location of (1) Stores . (2) Godowns . 9. State whether factory, main shop or branch .. 10. Iffactory or mainshop live details of branches 58 Wildlife Conservation (Dealings in Trophies) [Subsidiary] 11.Otherlineof business conducted at the faetory/.bop 12.Currentlicences . Typoof Licence Number Placeof luue DateofIuue Date of Expiry Tradinl Licence ... TouristLicence ... TrophyDealer'. Licence 13.Statewhetheryou are a leneral hunter. trapper and/or tour operator . ............................................................................................................................... 14.Ifa tour operator.state<a) Numberofvebic1eaowned . ............................................................................................. . (b) Clients per month .. IS. Capitalinvestment to be put into the buslneu .. .............................................................................................................................. 16.Statebrielly the itemsyou willdeal in and nature of dealina .. .............................................................................................................................. 17.Typo or Market <Whether lcx:al or export) .. .............................................................................................................................. II. Deacriptlon of Sourceof Trophiea .. ............................................................................................." . ..................................................................................... .. Wildlife Conservation (Dealings in Trophies) 59 [Subsidiary] 19. Class of business for which licence requited . 20. Have you ever been refused a Tropby Dealer's Licence in Tanzania. or any other Country? U 10, live reasona •..•..••.•...•.•........•...••••....••.•.•.....••.•...........•••••....•.•.....•.••...............•..•.••••• 21. Has any licence Issued to you under the current or repealed Game laws of Tannnia. or any other country ever been cancelled or suspended? U so. live reasons .. 22.Hi~~·y~~··~~~~··b~~~··~~~~i~i~·ci··i~~·~~··~ii~~·~~··~g~i~~i··ih~·~u~i~~i··~~··;~p~·ii~d··G~~~·i~Wi of Tanzania or any otber country? Irso. live particulars of the olfence(s) .. DECLARATION I hereby declare that the above particulars are correct and I understand the requirement. of th e WllcllifeConaervation Act. 1974andof the lubsidiary lesislalion made under that Act. ....................................... /9...••. ·..····si;-;,~i~~~·;;j"'iipj,ii~-;w· ......· RECOMMENDATION BY TANZANIA WILDUFB CORPORATION Thilapplication ill hereby not/recommended because . ............~•• . /9 . 60 [Snbsidiary] Wildlife Conservation(Deolin~ in TrophiaIJ RECOMMBDATION BY REGIONAL AunlORITY This application is hereby not/recommended because . .................................19•.•••• ········k'~;;,;j·Ga;;;;·offiC;· ..··.. APPROVAL BY DIREcrOR This application is hereby not/approved because ~ .. ................................................................................................................................... .......................................19...... ···········Di;;~;;;;lG;;;;.············ SECOND SCHEDULE CLASSES OF TROPHY DEALING Class Fee (T. SkI.) 1. Dealing in Ivory, Rhinocer» horn". Hippopotamus teeth or Warthogturshes in a whole condition or as pieces without being submitted to any process other than necessary for preservation ••• ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2. Dealing in game skins, other than Hyrax and Colobus monkey skins, in a whole condition or a! piece! without being submitted to any process other than necessary for preservation 3. Dealing in Hyrax and CoJobus Monkey skins in any condition ... ... ... ••• 4. Polishing. carving, manufacturing or Commercial processing ofIvory, Rhinoceros horns. Hippopotamus teeth or Warthog turshes and sale of the same and any article made therefrom ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... •.. S. Cutting. manufacturing or commercial processing of tanned skins of Leopard. Lion. Serva! or other cat skins and any dealing in articles made from those skins ... ... 6. Cutting. manufacturing or commercial processing of tanned skins of other game animals otherthan Hyrax and Colobus Monkey skins. and any dealing in articles madefrom those skins ... ... ... ... 7. Dealing in manufactured trophies ••, ... . 8. Dipping. curing and tanning of game trophies .. 9. Commercial processinll or dealing in game bones. horns or feet and article. made there from ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10. Commercial proeer.~Jnl or dealinilin animal tails and acrUclesmade therefrom II. Cleahinll and forward)ns of trophies ... 12. Commercial dealihg rn live or stuffed bird. •.. 13. Commercial dealing in live primates .. 14. Commercial dealins in live mammals other than primates . IS. Commercial dealing in live or stuffed reptiles ... . 16. Commercial dealing in other Iivoor stuffed animals . 17. Kocping a commercial Zoo, animal farm or similar e!tablishment ••• ... ... 18. Any trophy dealinl other than those specified in Classes 1 to 17above u may be speclfled on the heenee... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,000/ SOO! SOO! SOO/ SOO/ '00/ SOO/ SOO/ 200/ 200/ 200/ '00/ SOO/ 1.000/ SOO/ 200/ SOO/ 200/ Wildlife Comervation (Dealings in Trophies) THIRD SCHEDULE TANZANIA 61 [Subsidiary] NOT TUNIPIl...U Game Porm No. 14 T.P.N . TROPHY DBALER'S UCENCE No . Place . Date of Issue . Date of Expiry .. Name of Dealer .. Business address: P.O. Box Telephone No .. Plot No Streets/Area . Town/Place . awes and description of business ,' . .................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................... . ................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................... .- .. Fee paid Shillings (in words) . .........................................................................................................(Shs ) ···..·..·si;~i-;~·~lii~W;;····· ..··· FOURTH SCHEDULE TANZANIA DIE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Acr, 1974 NOTICE TO PURCHASERS Purchasers are advised to ensure that a Trophy Certi6cate of Registration issued by the Directorof Game and bearing the name and signature of an officer of the Game Division and an OfficialStamp of the issuing officeis handed over to them with every article purchased. It is an offence for a trophy dealer to produce any document which is false in any terial particular or has not been given by the persooby whom it purports to havebeen aiveaor baa bocD altered or tampered with in any way. UlI~.. ",.... e I: ~ FIFTH SCHEDULE TROPHY DEALER'S REGISTER (IVORY AND RHINO HORNS) (1) I (2) I (3) I (4) I (5) I (6) I (7) \-(8) -I (9) \ (to) -/ (11) i (12) I (13) 1~1~ ~ ~ OS; "g ~., ~ 6~ ::lI ~ '"fi OIl ;; ~ ~,.. ""~ FOR OFFI CIAL USE ONLY ReceiPt" Signature No. & and Name Date of Exami ningOfficer Game from No. 15 Total sale price (T. Shs. Sales The Wildilife Conservation Act, 1974 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA RECEIPTS Page No ..........................• Serial IType Of\ Weightl~ TIOphy Obtainedl~ Total IReceipt :IDisposedlTrOPhY I Rate trophy Kg. , Mark & Certiti- from IShs./Kg Cost (No. & to Certifi- Shs./Kg INumber cate of (Name (T. Shs.) Dale) (Nam cate ofI ~~~~~~. ~~[e)ss lcd~:s ~~~ Issue & PLACE I date) of Issue &Date ::\:;:: ::::::::::I::::::j:,:,ii::;::'I::I,:::~:: Pill- No ....•...•••..••••.•••.•••••. SIXTH SCHEDULE TIlE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 'I'M Wild/if CotUenDtion Act,1974 Game Form No. 16 TROPHY DEALER'S REGISTER FOR TROPIDES (OTHER UlAN IVORY AND RHINO HORNS) Type oCtrophy or aatic:le . Brought Corwardpage .. (1) (2) (3) (4) (S) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) FOil OmCIAL QI1ANTII'Y USB ONLy Received Trophy Ccrt. GRR/Reccipt'I + r--:::- -:- -; Date Crom/sold to of Reg. (No' Ra (T Shs) Total Cost (No. and SigDllturc and Serial No. Received (Name Date & place te . . (T. Shs.) Date) Received/ Balance Name of Exami address and of issue) Sold ncrdate) i~jj~j~~~~~ii~H ji~jj~ ~ ~~j~ ~jjjjj ~ jj~ ~:j~ ~ ~ ~ j~ jj~ ~ jj iii iii iiiH~j ~jj ~j ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~j~ ~j j~j jjj~ j~ ~ ~ ~ ~jjj~ ~ j~ ~ jjjj~iiiiii~ ~i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~j~ :~: ~ ~ ~ j~ j~ jj ~ ~j j~ ~ i~ j~ ~jj~ j~ ~ ~ j~ ~ j~ j~ I~ ~ jjjj~ ~ ~ jjjjjjjj~ jjjjj~ ~ ~ .:;: " ~ i i l ~:z ~ s· ~.g it ~ I en le 64 [Sobsidiary] Wildlife Corrservdlion (1Halings in Trophies) SEVENTH SCHEDULB THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Game form No. 17 T.F.N .. TROPHY EXPORT CERTIFICATE No .. NOT TRANSFERABLE (Section 6) Sb.2/. Station Date of Issue Date of Expiry . Issued to . of address .. u authority to export the trophies specified hereunder to (Name and address) . for the purpose of . Serial Type of Wt/Grade Reg. Mark Certificate or other Authority No. Trophy Quantity and Number Place I DateKg. Gm • Type No. ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... 04 •••••••••• ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ • 04 •••••• ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ • 04 •••••• ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ..................... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............. ......... .................. ............ ............ ............ .................. ............ ......... ............ ............ ····(Ciri~Tp~::~~~;;;·offi~~~j··· Sci~ntific Authority ....................................... (Director of GQm~) MQ/I08~m~ntAuthority Note:-« 1. The above specified trophies must beexported within thirty days of the issue of this Certificate 2. This Certificate must accompany the above specified trophies at all times until they reach the consignee. 3. Where the trophies to beexported are protected under the convention of International Trade in endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora signed at Washington D.C. on March 3. 1973 a letter of import authority from the Wildlife authority of country of importation mu~t be produced before a certificate can be issued. Such certificates shall be issued by the Direc;tor himself. This proviso does not apply to manufactured articles. Wil«Ufe Corwrvation (Dealings in Trophies) EIGHTH SCHEDULE 6S [SuIJsilIiaq] ANIMAlS PROTECfED BY THE CONVENTION ON INTERNA110NAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA SIGNED AT WASHINGTON nc, ON MARCH 3, 1m ue-« A.-MAMMAUI 1. Order-PRIMATES. 1.1.-Famlly-Cercoplthecidae (Colobidae.) 1.1.1.-Colobus badius rufomitralut-Red Colobut-Mbep mwckundu(N. TllIIPDYika-> 1.1.2.-Colobus badius kirkii-zauzibar Red Colobus. 2. Order-PHOLTDOTA. 2.1. -Family-Manidae. 2.1.I.-Manis temmincki-Ground Panllo1ini-Kakakuona. 3. Order-CARNIVORA. 3.1. -Family-Hyaenidae. 3.1.1.-Hyaena brunnea-Brown Hyaena-Fisi sijano. 3.2. -Family-Felidae. 3.2.I.-Panthera pardus-Leopard-Chui. 3.2.2.-Axlnonyx jubatu.-cheetab-Duma. B.-AVIS J. Order-PELECANIFORMES (4) 1.1. -FamDy-Sulldae(2) ~.1.1.-8uJaabbotli-Atbott's bobby (2)-Polisi. List-ll A.-MAMMALS I. Order-lNSECTIVORA. 1.1. -Family-Erinaceidae. 1.1.J.-Erinllaceus frontalis-South African Hedgeh08-KaIunguyeye. 2. Order-PRIMATES. 2.1. -Family-Cercopithecidae (Colobidae). 2.1.I.-Colobus badius gordonorium-Red Colobus (S.W. Tanpu,yib) 2.2. -Family-Pongidae. 2.2.J.-Pan troglodYles-Chimpanzee-So!twe Mtn. 3. Order-CARNlVORA. 3.1. -Family-Felidae. 3.I. I.-Felis serval-8erval cat-Mondo. 3.1.2.-Felis caracal-Caracal-simba mlll18\L 4. Order-TUBULJDENTATA. 4.1. -Family-orycteropidae. 4.1.1.-orycteropus alfer-Aardvarlc-Muhanp. S. Order-PERISSODACIYLA. 5.1. -Family-Rhinocerolidae. S.J.J.-Diceros bicomis-BJack Rhino-Faro. 6. Order-ARTIODACIYLA. U. -Famil>'-Bovidae (S.c. CephalophiJlle.) U .••-<:ephaIopbua IIIOIItiQolaoBlue DuIbrw)lcllmba.