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Laws of Uganda

Game (East Madi Hunting Area) Order

Made 1963 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
African Union (AU)
Country
Uganda
Subjects
Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords
hunting authorization/permit, hunting authorization/permit fee, hunting/capture, protected area

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  1. Game (Preservation and Control) [Cap. 226. 3101 THE GAME (PRESERVATION AND CONTROL) ACT. Statutory Instrument 226•---11. The Game (East Madi Hunting Arca) Order. (Sections 71 and 72 of the Acl). 1. (1) Tms ORDER may be cited as the Game (East Madi Hunting Area) Order. (2) This Order shall apply to the area specified in the First Schedule to this Order. 2. The hunting of ;my species of scheduled animals specified in the Second Schedule to this Order is hereby proh1bited. 3. In respect of any species of scheduled animals specified in the first column of the Third Schedule to this Order the number of each of such species which may be hunted in any one calendar year shal! be the nurnhcr respectively set nut in the second column of such Schcd\ilc. 4. It is hereby prescribed that on the issue of a permit to hunt any species of the scheduled animals specified in the Third Schedule to this Order there shall be paid to the Madi District Administration the basic fee as specified in that Schedule and, in addition, the fee respectively specified in respect of each of such species in the third, fourth and fifth columns of that Schedule. S. lt is hereby declared th;i•, a request has been received in writing from the Madi District Administration to prescribe the fees specified in the fifth column of the Third Schedule to this Order in respect of permits issued to bona fide residents. of the Madi District. PIRST SCHEDlJLE. The area comprised within the following boundaries • Commencing at the conllilence nf the River Asi vn with the ,\lbcrt Nile; thence fol!owing in turn to llorthcrn banks of the rivers :\siya ~nd Ofoa to the source of the latter; thence c;isterly in a straight line to the top of A.rnw,1 Hill; t/1e11cc C?.Stcd 1· i,1 ;1 straight line ro the jurrctiorr of l..N. 352 of 1963. S.L 125 of 1964. para. l. SubMitutcJ S.J. 125 of 1964. 3102 para. 2, parae. :I and 4. Cap. 226.] Game (Preservation and Control) the Okwa and Eradzi rivers; thence along the east bank of the Eradzi River to its source; thence in an easterly direction in a straight line to the source of the Umuu River; thence following the north bank of the Umuu River to its confluence with the Ceri River; which fo at this point the Madi-Acholi district boundary; thence following the Madi-Aclwli district boundary in a southerly then westerly direction to the Albert Nile river; thence following the Albert Nile to the point of commencement. SECOND SCHEDULE. Scheduled animals not to be hunted in the area to which this Order applies Roan Antelope, Reedbuck (Bohor's) (female), Situtunga, Greater Bustard (all species). THIRD SCHEDULE. FmsT COLl!MN S~CONV Tumo FOURTH FlFTH COLUMN CoLUMN Cor..u~N CoLVMN ~--~---·--··----~.--~-- ------ ~ Fee for Fee for Holder of .Fee for Holder of Resident's Maximum Holder of Resid<:nt's Basic Species of animal number Visitor's Basic Game which may Basic Game Licence helmme<l Game Llccncc issued to Licence resident bona fide outside residents of Madi Madi District District ~-•-~-T-~•----•~ SM. Shs. Shi. 300• soo• 300'" Butfu!o .. .. . , 50 100 100 100 Dushbuck .. .. . . so so 50 so Duiker . ' .. .. so 10 10 10 Hartebecst . ' 20 50 50 so Oribi .. . . . . so 25 25 25 Reedbuck, (Bohor's) (malt) 20 so so so Uganda Kob . . .. . . 30 50 50 5() Warthog '' .. so 10 to 10 Waterbuck . . .. . . 20 50 so so Elephimt ,. so S.L.F.t S.L.F.t 8-L.F,t Giant Forest Hog '. . . 5 S.L.F. S.L.F. S.L,F. Hippopotamus .. 10 S.L.F. S.L.F. S.L.F. Leopard '. '. 10 S.L.F. S.L.F. S.L,F. Lion .. s S.L.F. S.L.F. S.L,F Any of the birds mentioned in rhe Fifth Schedule to the Act. . . t Ni! Nil Nit • Basic fee per pc rmit. t Plus, in respect of every clep~•mt obtained of which tusks exceed a total weight of 6 7 lb., the following grad unted ,vory fces 68 lb. to 100 lb. ivory at Shs. 15 per lb. 1 OJ lb. to 150 lb. ivory at Shs. 30 per 16. 151 1b. and ov<:r ivot)' at Shs. 60 per lb. l Not mor<:, than five per permit in any one day. S.L.F.-Supplemcntary Licence Fee ns shown in the Second Sd1~duk to the Gurne (Preservation and Control) Act.

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