Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993

PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBUC OF SRI LAl~~KA FAUN,A AND FLORA PROTECl'ION (AMENDMENr) ACT, No. 49 OF 1993 (Certified on 20th October, UU] Printed on the Order oj Government Published as a Supplement to Part IT of the GazeUe of the Democra~ Socialist Bepuhlie of Sri Lanka of October 22, .1993 Pnsf.A~e :R~. 3.10 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act. No. 49 vf 1993 [Certified on 20th October, 1993] L.D.-o. 91/90. Ali Acr TO AMEND THE FAUNA AND FLoRA PROTECTION ORDniANCE BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socia list Republic of Sri Lanka as follows: 1. TIlls Act may be cited as the Fauna and nora Short title. Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993. 2. The long title to the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment") is hereby repealed and the following long title substituted therefor: .. AN ORDINANce TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE FAUNA AND FLOHA OF SRI LANKA; FOR THE PREVENTIO!'l OF TH~ COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF SUCH FAUNA AND FLORA; AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR Ii<CIDENTAL THERETO.". 3. Section 2 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) in subsection (1) of that section. by the omission of paragraph (e) thereof. and the substitution there for. of the following paragraphs: If (e) a Refuge; or (f) a Marine Reserve; or (g) a Buffer Zone. " ; (2) by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (4) thereof. and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph: .. (a) the limits of any Strict Natural Reserve. National Park, Nature Reserve, Jungle Corridor Refuge. 'Marine Reserve or Buffer Replace rrent ot the long title ot Chapter 469. Amendment of sectionZ of the principal enactment. 2 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 oj 1993 (3) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitu tion for the words "Intermediate Zones, and Sanctuaries ", of the words "Refuges, Marine Reserves, Buffer Zones and Sanctuaries. ", 4. The following new section is hereby inserted immedi ately after section 2 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 2A of that enactment: 1D8ertioa of new leCtion h in the principel elUldment. " Control and manage, ment of facilities within National Reserves. 2A.: The Director shall administer, control and manage the facilities or services which are to be provided within any National Reserve. ", A&t:nduleDt of section3 of the principal enactment. 5. Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) in subsection (1) of that section by the repeal of paragraphs (a) and (c) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following paragraphs: c' (a) no person shall be entitled ;to enter any Strict Natural Reserve or Nature Reserve, or in any way to disturb the fauna and flora therein; (c) no animal shall be hunted, killed or taken, and no plant shall be damaged, collected or destroyed in a Strict Natural Reserve, destroyed, in a Strict Natural Reserve, (2) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section; (3) in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution, for all the words from "Nature Reserve or Jungle Corridor" to the end of that subsection, of the words "Nature Reserve, or in or over any State land in any Sanctuary, being a right which was so acquired by such person prior to the date of the establishment of such. Nature Reserve or Sanc tuary. "; and (4) m the marginal note to that section, by the substitu tion for the words "Jungle Corridors, National Parks, Sanduaries and Intermediate Zones.". of Fauna and Flora Protection (A'T7l€ndment) Act, u.: 49 of 1993 6. The following new section is hereby inserted immedi ately after section 3, and shall have effect as section 3A of the principal enactment: rn-rtion of new section 3A in the principal enactment Ban on tourist hotels &c.. within one milrof National Reserve. 3A. No person shall, within one mile of the boundary daNational Reserve, cons truct a tourist hotel or provide any services or facilities similar to the services or facilities provided by a tourist hotel. ". 7. Section 5A of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor: .•Restriction of entry into Nature Reserves. 5A. (1) No person shall enter or remain within any Nature Reserve except under the authority and in accordance with the condi tions of a permit issued by the prescribed officer on payment of the prescribed fee. Replacement of section SA of the principal enactment. (2) If no fee is prescribed for the issue of a permit under subsection (1), such permit shall be issued free of charge.". is hereby AJnenttment of 8eCtion e of the principal enactment.(l) in subsection (1) of that section (i) by the substitution for the words .t Nature Reserve or Jangle Corridor ", of the words "Nature Reserve, Jungle Corridor, Refuge, Marine Reserve or Buffer Zone" ; 8. Section 6 of the principal enactment amended as follows: (ii) by the repeal of paragraph (g) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following para graph : II (g) possess or use any trap or any explosive or gun or other weapon or ·poisonous ~ capable of being used for the purposeof injuring or destroying any animal or plant; or" (iii) by the substitution for the words II constructed by hiin. "Tn paragraph (j) ofthat subsection, of the words II constructed by him; or .. ; and .\.aUIIldment c)hectiOll 7 III the principal eIl8ctment. .. Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, u». 49 of 1993 (iv) by the insertion, immediately after praagraph (j) of that subsection, of the following paragraph : .. (k) construct or manage any tourist hotel or pro vide any services or facilities similar to the services or facilities provided by a tourist hotel ". (2) in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words "Nature Reserve or Jungle Corridor, ", of the words" Nature Reserve, Jungle Corridor, Refuge, Marine Reserve or Buffer Zone, " ; (3) by the insertion immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following subsection: "(4) Any person who acts in contravention of the prov-isions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than one year and not exceeding five years. " ; and (4) in the marginal note to that section, by the substitu tion for the words rc Nature Reserves and Jungle Corridors.", of he words If Nature Reserves, Jungle Corridors, Refuges, Marine. .Reserves and Buffer Zones.". 9. Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) in subsection (1) of that section (1) by the omissicn of paragraph (a) thereof; and (ii) in paragraph (b) thereof, by the substitution for the words h in any Intermediate Zone or Sanctuary ", of the words If in any Sanctuary" ; and (iii) in paragraph (c) thereof, by the substitution for the words U in any Intermediate Zone or on any Grown land"; of the words If on any State lana ":' (2) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section; and (3) .in the marginal. note to th~t section, by the substitu tion ·for· the words ~ Intermediate Zones and Sanctuaries", of the word ~ Sanctuari-.. " Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 5 Act, No. 49 oj 1993 10. Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therdor: .. Acts prohi- 8. No person shall from any road or land bited in ricinityof outside a Strict Natural Reserve, National National Park, Nature Reserve, Jungle Corridor, Re Reserve. fuge, Marine Reserve or Buffer Zone, hunt, shoot, kill or take any wild animal in such Strict Natural Reserve, National Park, Na ture Reserve, Jungle Corridor, Refuge, Marine Reserve or Buffer Zone.". Replacement of section 8 of the principal enactment. 11. The following new section is hereby inserted imme diately after section 8 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section SA of that enactment: "Nature trails. 8A. (1) The Director may provide roads and tracks within a National Reserve to be nature trails for the use of any person who desires to travel on foot to study or observe the fauna and flora therein: Provided that the State shall not be liable for any injury or damage sustained or incurred by any person using such trail. (2) No person shall use any such nature trail unless he has obtained a permit issued by the Director upon the payment of the pre scribed fee. (3) Regulations may be made specifying the manner in which any person may use such nature trail. ". Insertion of new section SA in the principal enactment. (1) (2) 12. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follos: by the omission of paragraph (a) thereof; and. in paragraph (d), thereof, by the substitution for the words .. to any Intermediate Zone or Sanctuary ", of the words "to any Sanctuary". 13. The followmg new section is inserted immediately after. section 9 of: the principal enactment, and shall have effect as section 9A of that enactmente-s II Restriction gA.-(1) No-person or organisation, whether on develop, m.enUlctivity private or State 'shall within a distance of ona witbinone mile of mile of the boundary of any National Reserve National Insertion of new section 9A in the principal enactment. Amend meat of section Ie of the priDripe.l enactment. Replacement of section 11 of the principal eaadment. 6 Faun« and Elor« Protecnon (Amendment) Act, N 0. 49 of 1993 carry out any development activity of any description whatsoever, without obtaining the prior written approval of the Director. ". (2) Every application for approval, under subsection (1) to commence a development activity shall be accompanied by an Initial Environmental Examination or Environ mental Tmpact Assessment, a:; the case p~ay be, in terms of the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980. relating to such develop ment activity. The Director shall have regard to such environmental impact assessment in deciding whether or not to grant approval for the commencement of the development activity to which that assessment relates. ". 14. Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) by the substitution for paragraph (a) thereof, of the following new paragraph: .. (a) any provision of this Part of this Ordinance other than the provisions of section 6 .or " ; (2) in paragraph (c), thereof by the substitution for the words .. to any Intermediate Zone or Sanctuary; ", of the words .~ ,to; any Sanctuary; " ; and (3) by the substitution, for all the words from "shall be guilty" to the end of that section, of the words "shall be guilty of an offence and shall on convic tion be liable to a. fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not more than twenty thousand rupees or to imprlsonmeilt~ofeither description for a term not less than two years and not more than five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.".. 15•. Section 11 of the ..~cipal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor: •Interpre- '11. !nthis-.Parl 01 this Ordinance, unless ~~nLot the context otJieTW:i~requires ".nfmaJ'hmeaJisr·any'·ver.tebrate or inver . -: ~1 tebrate:;, " domesUc .•nJmal ~. means (4) 'uyhead of cattle. or· any sheep; goat.ihorse, ass, mule dog or', , cat;, Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 7 Act, No. 49 OJ 1993 (b) any domestic fowl reared by man as poultry; and (c) when domesticated by mall, any pig; plant" means 3. member of the plant kingdom; "wild animal" means any animal which is not a domestic animal. ' . 16'. The following heading is substituted for the heading "'ELEPHANTS, BUFFALOES, DEEn, and FO\\'L " occuring in Part II Of. the principal enactment : "ELEPHAN!S and BVFFALOF.S. ". Replacement of heading of Part II ot the principal enactment. 17. Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therefor: " Protection of elephants and buffaloes in areas out side National Reserves and Sanctuaries. 12. (1) Save as is hereinafter provided, no person shall in any area outside a National Reserve or Sanctuary (a) hunt, shoot, kill, injure or take any elephant; or (b) without a licence, in that behalf from the Director, capture any buffalo. (2) Every licence under IUbsection (1) shall be issued in the prescribed form 011 payment of the prescribed fee and shall continue in force for such period and within such limits and may be subject to such con ditions as the Director may consider neces sary or expedient to insert therein for the protection and preservation of buffaloes. (3) The holder of a licence under subsec tion (1) (b), shall not later than fifteen days after the expiry of the licence, return the expired licence to the Director or the prescribed. officer, and intimate to him the particulars of any buffalo captured by him. Replacement of section 12 or the principal enactment. Amendment of section 13 of the principal enactment. Repeal of section 15 of the principal enactment. Replacement of section 16 of the principal enactment. Amendment 01 section 17 of the principal enactment. 6 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, N I). 49 of 1993 18. Section 13 of the principal enactment is hereb, amended in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section by the substitution, tor the words" either free or on payment of", of the words "on payment of". 19. Section 15 of the: principal enactment is hereby reo pealed. 20. Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therefor: "Killing or 16. Any person who in the exercise of any taking of right conferred by or under section 13 orelephants and section 14, kills or takes any elephant or buffaloes buffalo, shall forthwith report such killing or to be reported taking to any police officer entitled to offi· forthwith. date in the area within which such killin] or capture took place or to any prescribed officer and to the Director. ", 21. Section 17 of the principal enactment is herebj amended as followsr-s (1) in subsection (3) of that section by the omission 0\ the words "deer or fowl" wherever it occurs in that subsection; and (2) by the substitution for the marginal note to the sect tion of the following marginal note: "Property in elephants and buffaloes killed or takea under. Part II. ". 22. The following new section is hereby inserted immet diately after section 19 of the principal enactment and shaD have effect as section 19A of that enactment: Insertion ot new section 19.& ill tae principal enactment. "Prohibi tion of export of any part of an elephant. 19A.;.(1) Notwithstand:ing the provisions 01 section 40, no person shall export from sd Lanka (a) any tusk or tu.Sh·~or'any part of a tusl or tush,'oranY·article made out od tusk or tush OI)part of a tusk or tusJ or any article. containing ivory froll a tusk or tush;-or" (b)' any other"part of an elephant, or ani article made out of or containinJ any part of an 'el4>1"I'h",-4 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 9 Act, No. 49 of 1993 (2) Any person who contravenes the pro visions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not more than fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either descri ption for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (3) This section shall have effect as if it formed part of the Customs Ordinance and the provisions of that Ordinance shall apply accordingly.". 23. Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution, for all the words from "shall be guilty" to the end of that section, of the following words: "shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than two hundred and fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment, and where any person who is convicted of an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section in respect of the killing or taking of any elephant is found by the court to be in possession of that elephant or its carcase or tusks or tushes, the court may make order directing such elephant, carcase, tusks, or tushes to be delivered to the possession or custody of any officer of Government to be held by that officer for and on behalf of the State.". 24. Section 21 of the principal enactment is hereby x amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitu tion for all the words from "the Crown" to the end of that V . •~.su.bsection, of the words "the State shall be guilty of an ~:~en.ce and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less... uthan one hundred thousand rupees and not more than two ~"hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either des p .• ~ .c:ription for 2. term not less than tura vaars and not ex c~inrt f; .. ,.o .... n".,..r ,...,... .f.n ~n"'''''' r",..l., ~"n ""'''''''~ .: : ... .... 4. " Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment. Amendment of section 21 of the principal enactment. 10 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, :-.10. 49 oj 1993 25. Section 22 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therefor : Replacement of section 22 of the principal enactment, .. Offences relating tc buffaloes. 22. Any person who in contravention 01 this Part of this Ordinance or contrary to the terms of any licence issued to him there under, hunts, shoots, kills or takes any buffalo, shall be guilty of an offence and Shan on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than one year and not exceeding two years or to both sucb fine and imprisonment.... Amendment of section 22.A of the principal enactment. 2ti. Secticn 22A of. the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) by the repeal of subsection (7) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following new subsection: II (7) Any person who owns, has in his custody or makes use of an elephant which is not register ed, and in respect of which a licence has not been obtained in .accordance with. the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one hun dred thousand rupees and not more than two hun dred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description .for' a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment."; (2) by the renumbering of subsection (8) of that section as subsection (9) ; and (3) by the insertion immediately after subsection (7) of that section,' of the following new subseCtion: II (8) The Director or.. any office authorised by him may atapy~ enter any ~rep:USes where he has reason to believe', ~at'an elepllant is being kept and to make 'SUch inquiries and investigations thereon as may. ~~ .necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this section are being complied Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 11 Act, s». 49 oJ 1993 Tl. Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitu tion for all the words fi om ,I Any person who" to the words "fine and imprisonment; ", of the words II Any person who is in unlawful possession of any elephant shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine net less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than two hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either des cription for a term not less than ten years and not exceeding twenty years or to both such fine and imprisonment; ". 23. Section 24 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section. and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection: " (3) Any person who has in his possession a tusk or tush which has not been registered shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. ". Amendment of section 23 of the principal enactment. Amendment of section 24 of the principal enactment. 29. The following new sections arc hereby inserted imme diately after section 21 of the principal enactment, and shall have effect as sections 24A and ~4n of that enactment: Tusks and tu!;h,,!;fo be licenced. 24·\. (J) Upon registration of a tusk or tush in accordance with section 24, every person who has in his possession a tusk or tush shall obtain a licence in respect of such tusk or tush. (2) The licence shall be obtained on appli cation made to the prescribed officer, in the prescribed form, on payment of the prescribed fee. (:~) Every prescribed officer shall main tain a register in respect of the licensing of tusks' and tushes. (4) Any person who has in his possession a tusk or tUSh without obtaining a licence in respect'of'thesame, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than thirty thousand rupees and not exceeding one hundred thousand rll1"\I"'\CC: nr tn ;n'l.,.......; ... ",,-- ... -~ ... : .., Insertion of new sections 24A and 24B in the principal enactment. 12 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, j"';o. 49 of 1993 tion for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Inspect ion of r laces wh'.!re tusks l!.ld t ushes ar-e kept. 241:. The Director or any officer authorised by him may at any time enter any premises where he has reason to believe that tusks or tuehes are being kept, and to make such inquiries and investigation thereon as may be necessary to ascertain whether the provi sions of this section are being complied with. It. Repeal of section %6 01 Che principaJ ~cnt. Amcndmenl qf section 28 of the principal enactment. Replacement of section 19 of the principal enactment. Replacement of the beading of Part III of the grinctpal enactment. ~3. Section 26 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed. 31. Section 28 of the principal enactment is hereby amended, by the omission therefrom of the definitions res pective!y of the expressions" deer" and "fowl n. 32. Section 29 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted thcrefor i-« Elephant 29. There shall be established and main orphanages. tained, within or outside any National Re serve or Sanctuary' Stich number of elephant orphanages or similar establishments provid Ing for the care and attention of orphaned elephants as the Director may deem neces sary, for the protection and preservation of elephants. ". 33. The following new heading is substituted for the heading" Birds, Beasts and Reptiles" occurring in Part III of the principal enactment: "Vrnn."'BRATES ~m lNvERTEP.RATES". ~-1. Sections 30 and 31 of the principal enactment an hereby repealed and the - followm~~ons substituted therefor : 30. Any..~OD:who in~y area outside a National Reserve 'Q~'SaACtuary Replacement at sections SO and 31 of tM principal enac1.Jnellt. .. Offences relating to mammals and reptiles not inducted in Schedule I. (a) kills, W61;iifdS, lnjur.es or takes any maM:mal 'or' reptile bot included in Schedule I; or Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 13 Act, No. 49 oj 1993 (b) takes or destroys the eggs or nest of any such reptile; or (c) uses any boat or any lime, snare, net, spear, trap, gun, rod, line or hook with any accessory or bait, or explo sives of any description or other ins trument for the purpose of killing, wounding, injuring or taking any such mammal or reptile; or (d) has in his possession or under his con trol, any such mammal or reptile killed or taken or any part of such mammal or reptile killed or taken, or the meat or flesh of any such mammal or reptile killed or taken or the eggs of any such reptile; or (e) has in his possession or under his con trol, the hide or skin. of any such mammal or reptile killed or taken, or the horns or antlers of such mam mal; or (1) exposes for sale, any such mammal or reptile or any part of such mammal or reptile; or (g) purchases the hide or skin of any such mammal or rep.tile for the purpose of tanning or preparing such hide or skin for use, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on con viction be liable to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding thirty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years, or to both such fine and imprisonment. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any domestic anunal as defined in section 11. 31. Any person who in any area outside a National Reserve or a Sanctuary (4) kills, wounds, injures or takes any 14 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No, 49 oJ 1993 (b) takes or destroys the eggs or n~: any bird; or (c) uses any boat, or any lime, snare, , spear, trap, gun, rod, line. or ~ with any accessory or bait or exj. sives of any descri.Ption or other t trument for the purpose of kill! wounding, injuring or taking bird; or (d) has in his possession or under his 01 trol, any bird killed or taken, or skin of any bird killed or taken, the feather or any other part of I bird killed or taken, or the eg any bird; or (e) exposes or offers for sale, any bir any part of any bird, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on vietion be liable to a fine not less than thousand rupees and not exceeding thousand rupees, or to imprisonment of e1 description ~or a term not less than two and not exceciding five .years' or to both fine and Imprtsonment: Provided that a person shall be deemed to have committed an offence under this tiolli..in'relation: to any bird specified Schedule II. . The .provisions of this section shall apply t?' -an~ domestlc animal as definet section 11. "; 35. The following new sections are hereby inserted i diately after section 31, of~!t~, p~c~p~ enactment and have effect as sections'31.\ '"'anlf'31B 'of that enactment t: InsertioD of neW sections alA aDd 3lB in the principal enactment. "oileiu:esreliflngtO amphibians and fishes included in Schedules m and IV. ~1~fAz,1Yt.l)E!rl>oI1 W~9 .til. any area OU a National Reserve ora s.aJlctuary (all:cn,~win~ly.~,W9~ds, injures, .or collectsany ·a~phibianor :fiS c1 tided in SchedUles ITr and IV pectively; .or !Fauna and Flora Prorecrion (Amendment) Ib A~t, No, 49 (.j 1993 (b) takes or destroys the eggs, spawn, or nest of any such amphibian or fish; or (c) uses any boat, lime, snare, net, spear, trap, gun, rod, line or hook with any accessories or bait or explosives 01 any description or any other instru ment for the purpose of killing, wounding, injuring or taking any such amphibian or fish; or (d) has in his possession. or under his con trol, any such amphibian or fish kill ed 01' taken or any part of any such amphibian or fish; or (e) exposes 010:':2rs for sale or transports, any such amphibian or fish or part of any such amphibian or fish; or ~ t bra~('S ded in We (f) purchases such amphibian or fish for the purposes of drying, curing or any other purpose, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on con viction be liahle to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not more than twenty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. 31a. Any person who in any area outside a National Reserve or Sanctuary (a) knowingly kills, wounds, injures, takes or collects any invertebrate included for the time being in Schedule IVA. ; or (b) takes or destroys the eggs, spawn, larva or nest of such invertebrate; or (c) uses any boat, lime, snare, net, spear, trap, gun, rod, line or hook with any accessories or bait, or explosives of any description or any other instru ment used for the purpose of killing. 16 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, XIJ. 49 of 1993 (d) has in his possession, or under h~ 1.::01, and such invertebrate kin taken or any part of such inv brate egg, spawn or larva; or (e) exposes or offers for sale, or transp . any such invertebrate or part od invertebrate; or (f) purchases such invertebrate fori purpose of drying, curing or fod other purpose, . 35. (1) A certificate purporting to signed by any competent authority to effect that any mammal, bird, reptile, bian, -fish or invertebrate or a part of mammal, bird. reptile, amphibian, invertebrate !orwarded to such authori examiIiation~d report is a mammal, reptile;!mnphibian, fish or invertebrate, part of a mammal, bird, reptile, arnphi fish or,~vffiebI.:ate of a species inclu Sch~dwe~~~¢ule II, Schedule ScheduleIV or SC~edu1e IVA, as th .' . t· ~..- ". ,...~ - . , ~!,' - ~~~~on in any . ~~w~ ~ ~J14~ce of the facts 'iJiosuai eat&· until the contra iro~ :P~2)l'Fo~'~~sesof SUbsection (t. exprHsio~;.1 'f;cOmpet~~t authority"~ •Proof of species of r.1ammals. birds, reptiles, amphibians, fiishes or invertebrates. 37. Section 35 of-the principal enactment is repealed-and the ·followmg section substituted thcref shall be guilty of an offence and shall on viction be liable to a fine not less th thousand rupees and not more than t thousand rupees or to imprisonment of description for a term not less than two and not exceeding five years or to both fine arid imprisonment.". 36. Section 32 of the principal enactment is mI repealed. ,-;::ut:al o! &!:-etion 32 d the principal enactment. Replacement uf section 35 of the principal tf':4ctment. Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 17 Act, N-.;. 49 o] 1993 (a) the Director of National Museums, (b) the Director of National Zoological Gardens.' . 3S. Section 36 of the principal enactment is hereoy amended by the substitution for all the words from" in an)' &.t=ea" to the end of that section, of the following words: .. or take the eggs or nest or any such birds in any area outside a National Reserve or a Sanctuary mentioned in the notification, and any person who in any such area and during such specified period shoots, kills or takes any bird or the eggs or nest of any such bird, shall be guilty of an otfence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than one year and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.". Amendmens 01 at."CUOIl 36 of the principal enactment, 39. Sections 37, 38, 39. 40. 41 and 42 of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor : •Prohibition of import f)f mammals. birds. reptiles, amphibians. fisha and invertebrat~ without pennits. 37. (1) No person shall import into Sri Lanka any mammal, bird, reptile. amphibian. fish, or invertebrate whether dead or alive, or any part of any such mammal, bird, rep t ile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate or the eggs, spawn or larva of any such mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian. fish or invertebrate except under the authority of a permit issu ed in the prescribed fonn obtained from the prescribed officer on payment of the pres cribed fee. (2) This section shall have effect as if it formed part of the Customs Ordinance and the provisions of that Ordinance shall apply accordingly. (3) The provisions of this section shan not apply to any domestic animal as defined . . . . ~ in seetion I I. or to any tropical aquarium' fishes. II Tropical aquarium fish I, means anv .Rc~n:: of ~ctioDll ~7, 38, 39. 40.41 aDd 42 of the prmcipa! enactment. H, FaUl1a and Flora Pi"OWCLWiL (An;\:ndlHcltt) Act, u». 4~ OJ 1993 (4) In case of doubt or dispute, a certiti cate purpvrung to be s.gned by the Director to the errcct tnat any fish belongs to a spe cies of tropical aquarium fish or that ..ny species of fish is a species ot tropical aquarium tish shall ;JC admissible in eviden ce and shall be pr~ -na facie proof of the facts stated th~rein, Rc gulation re1;..tmS! to IHI~~;'/.I:~i:.ls. birus, rep tll~, a.nph i Lll:JS, i.shcs "ncl ill 'v c-rtc l)1 ~~e'::\· Pcn3..llies for unlawful import or release of mammals, birds. repti les. amphi bians. fishes and- inverte orates. 3S. Regulations may be madc-> (a) requiring any person wno im ports any mammal, bird, re ptile, amphibian, fish or iu vertebrate on a permit issued under section 37, to provide a certificate from an approved authority that such mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate is free Irorn disease or infection; (b) prohibiting any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate imported under the authority of a per mit issued under section :n. from being liberated or releas ed in any part of Sri Lanka or prescribing any area or areas within which any such mammal, bird, reptile, amphi bian, fish, or invertebrate may be liberated or released. 39. (1) Any person who (a) imports into Sri Lanka any mammal. bird, reptile, amphi bian, ~·O()r inverterbrate in .contravention of the provisions of section 3'1, or any regula tion made ~er section 38; or (b) contravenes any regulation .- ... ~,.. ~. ,.1 ...4 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 19 Act, No. 49 of 1993 shall be guilty of an of':znr::e and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment cf either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) Any person who liberates or releases Q.I1Y mammal, bird, rcpt.Ic, amphibian, fish or invertebrate which has been imported into Sr i Lan!CJ in contravention of the provisions of section 37 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, in addition to any punishment to whieh he may be Iiable under subsection (1), be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand rupees in respect 0: '::c:h mammal, bird. rcpt il«, amphibian, fish 0,' invertebrate so liberated or released. 40. {I) i\o person shall export from Sri Lanka (a) any mainrnnl , bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, coral or invertebrate whether dead or alive; or (b) the eggs, feathers, or plumage 0If any bird, the horns, antlers, skin or hide of any mammal or reptile, or any part of any mammal, bird, reptile. amphibian, fish, coral or invertebrate, except under the authority of a permit issued in the prescribed form obtained from the prescribed officer on payment of the prescrib ed fee. (2) Such permit shall not be issued ex eept for the promotion of scientific knowledge including ,supplies to foreign museums, foreign zoological gardens in exchange for supplies to local museums or local zoological gardens. (3) This section shall have effect as if it formed part at. the Customs Ordinance, and :~o Fauna and. Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 (4) The preceding provisions of tl section shall not apply to (a) any domestic animal as defined . section 11 ; or (b) any mammal, bird, reptile, amp: bian, fish, coral or invertebrate of species which is not indigenous t Sri Lanka. (5) In case of doubt or dispute a ce tificate purporting to be signed by th Director of Museums, Director of the Nation; Zoological Gardens or Director of 1~ National Acquatic Resources Authori~ to the effect that any mammal, bird, repti~ fish, amphibian, coral or invertebrate be longs to a species which is not indigenou to Sri Lanka, or that any species of any ma mmal, bird, reptile, fish, amphibian, cora or invertebrate is a species not indigenous I Sri Lanka, or that any part of any rnamm bird, reptile, fish, amphibian, coral or inv tebrate is a part of a mammal, bird, reptil fish, amphibian, coral, or invertebrate of species which is not indigenous to Lanka, or that any egg of any reptile, . bird, is the egg of a reptile or bird of species which is not indigenous to S Lanka be admissable in evidence and sh be prima facie proof of the facts stat therein. (6) Regulations may be made (a) prescribing the officer who Sh~ have power to inspect pri . to its export any item refe ed to in this section; (b) preSCri.bing the officer ;i shall have power to seal such item after such ins tion; ..' ,; (c) prescribing:·th~,. documen ts .be ~hed lby the expo of any such item, in proof th'e circumstances und which such exporter obtain ed posseman nf .... ~'- ., Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 21 Act, No. 49 oj 1993 Penalty for unlawful export of mammals, birds, repti .•.amphi 'lrbi8.ns, fishes, 'and inverte 'brates, Protcdion of riants included in Schedule V. 41. Any person who exports from Sri Lanka any mammal, bird, reptile, amphi bian, fish or invertebrate whether dead or alive or any part of any mammal, bird, re ptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate, or any eggs, feathers, plumage, horns, antlers, skins or hide of any such mammal, bird, rep tile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate in con travention of the provisions of section 40, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on CO:l viction be liable to a fine not less than twenty thousand rupees and not more than fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than five years and not exceeding ten years or to both such fine and imprisonment. 42. No person shall in any area (c) remove, uproot or destroy or cause any damage or injury to, any plant which is for the time being included in Schedule V and (i) is growing on the property of any other person; or (ii) is growing in any pub lic place ; or (b) destroy any plant which is for the time being included in Schedule V, and growing on his own property; or (c) sell or expose for sale any plant for the time being included in Schedule V ; or (d) remove, uproot or destroy, or cause any damage or injury to any tree upon which any orchid or any other epiphytic plant is growing. '. ~: Seetion 46 'ofthe principe! enactment is hereby amen '-d.~. by~ repealef paTa~pb (c) of that 8ectioR. Amendment ofsectiOR 45 of the principal. ... "...- ........ 22 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Ar.l:, No. 19 oj 1993 41. Section 46 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therefor r-e Replacement of section 41j of the princ-ipal enactment. " Offences under Part IV. 46. Any person who acts in contravention (a) of the provisions of section 42 ; or (b) of the provisions of section 43 ; or (c) of any regulation made under section 45, shall be guilty of an offence and shall 0:"1 conviction be liable to a fine not less than three thousand rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years OJ 1.0 both such fine and imprisonment.". Replacement of section 4!l of the principal enactrnent . .AroeDdment of sec:tiaa 4g of the prlndpal eDac:tment. 42. Section 48 of the principal enactment is hereby re pealed and the following section substituted therefor: • Interpretaton 48. In this Part IV of this Ordinance unless of Part IV. the context otherwise requires " plant" means a member of the plant kingdom; "public place" means any State land or land at the disposal of the State or land belonging to, or vested in, a local auth~rity or public corporation and includesany land which is not prlvate property. t. 43. Section 49 of the prlneipal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section . \ and the substitution thereforel the following subsection : " (1) No person shall carry on or exercise the business or .trade of a taxid~~"~':;j,~:~~ curer or trophy dealer, or any other blJsin~ilOretr8de involving the purchase. sale or exposure ·for 'S8fe!4)~~rt of any animal, whe ther dead or alive, or'ol~~art'ofany dead animal, ex cept up<?n.a li~~,P1,~'~ each such, business or trade, issued in' the:.p~ed~ form 'Obtained from ~he prescribed officer on payment of the prescribed fee .... Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 23 Act, NC'. 49 oj 1993 44. The following section is hereby inserted immediately after section 49, and shall have effect as section 49A of the principal enactment: "Registra tion of animals in ibe POSICS mon of individuals. 49A. (1) No person shall after the date of the coming into force of this section, have in his possession or custody or under his con trol' any animal in excess of the prescribed number, except under the authority and in accordance with the conditions of a permit issued in the prescribed form, by the Director on payment of the prescribed fee: Provided that where any person has in his possession, or custody or under his control any animal, in excess of the prescribed number, prior to the date of the coming into force of this section, such person shall with in a period of three months from the date of the coming into force of this section obtain 3. permit under subsection (1). (2) The Director Or any prescribed officer shall have the power to (a) enter, inspect and search any pre mises on which any animal is heing kept under the authority of a permit issued under subsection (1) and satisfy himself that the conditions of the permit are being complied with; (b) seize any animal found in such premises, in contravention of the provisions of the permit issued under subsection (1). (3) The Director may order the confisca tion of any animal seized under subsection (2) after such inquiry as he may deem necessary Any person aggrieved by the order of the Director may within fourteen days of the confiscation, give notice in writing to the Director that he intends to 'Institute action in the appropriate court ag~ such:-eonfiscation. : (4)-'No order of confiscation made under subsection (3) shall take effect until the expiry of a period of fourteen days from the Insertion ef new section 4II.A in the principal enaeement. Amendment of section 50 of the principal enactment, Amendment of section 51 of the principal enactment, 24 Fauna and Flora Protection' (Amendment) Act, No. 49 oj 1993 date of such order, or where an action has been instituted in respect of such order, until the final determination of such action by court. ". 45. Section 50 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (2) of that section, by the sub stitution for all the words from" shall be guilty" to the end of Lhat subsection, of the words" shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such ike and imprisonment.". 4ti. Section 51 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words " bird or animal", of the word .. animal ". 47. Sections 52, 52A, 53, 53A and 53B of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sectiC'DS substituted therefor:- . Replacement Of lIeetions 52, 52A,53. 63A and 53B of the 1)rincipal 4!l\8etment. "Prohibi tion of use of arti ticial lighL Prohibition 01 shooting. Icc. in vicinity of water holes. Regulation of 'huntlng, shooting Icc. on State land or public thorough fare outside National ReServes. 52. No person shall use any artificlallight, for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the destruction or the capture of any animal whether by; dazzling the vision of 8D1' such animal, or by attracting any such animal to such arUftciallight or otherwise. 52A. No person shall shoot at, injure or k-ill any animal within a distance of one hun dred yards from a water-hole or place where such animal usually goes tQ drink water. 53. Except, in:.acecrdance with regulations, no person shall, on any State land or any public thoroughfare outside a NatlouJ Reserve, (a) hunt.. shoot.~kill or take any animal between:sunset and sunrise; (b) set, lay;or~ any net. pitfall. trap, snare or other instrument for the purpose of· killing or taking any animal; or Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 25 Act, s». 49 oj 1993 (c) construct or use any ambush, or aide on the ground or on a tree for the purpose of shooting or injuring any animal. Prohibition f.the use of poison &c.on animals. 53A. No person shall use any poison, explosive or stupefying substance for the purpose of poisoning, killing or stupefying any animal. f 53B. No person shall have in his possession, sell, expose for sale or transport the flesh of any animal which has been killed or taken by the use of any poison, explosive or stupe fying substance: Provided that no person shall be convicted under this section if he proves that he did not know and had no reasona ble cause to believe that the animal whose flesh he is charged with having in his possession selling, exposing for sale or transporting ,had been killed or taken by the use of any poison, explosive, or stupefying substance. ". E C8. The following section is hereby inserted immediately r section 538 of the principal enactment, and shall ve effect as section 53c of that enactment: lnMrtloD of DeW section i3c In the principal ~t. 53c. (1) In case of doubt or dispute, in a prosecution for an offence under section 53., as to whether any flesh is the tlesh of aa animal taken or killed by the use of any poi son, explosive or stupefying substance a certio ficate purporting to the signed by a competent authority to the effect that the flesh in ques tion is the flesh of an animal, which had been..killedor taken by the use of any poison, explosive, or stupefying substance, shall on production in any court of law be sufficient evidence as to the facts stated In such certificate, until the contrary is proved. .. Prohibi tion on serving as food the flesh of any animal, the killing of which is prohibited. Replacement or section 54 of the principal enactment. knendmcnl of section 55 of the principal enactment. Insertion of new sectioo 55" in the principal enactment. Amendment of aeetion ~T of the principal enac\meDl 26 Fauna and FLora Protecuou (Amendment) Ar.~, :..'G. 49 of 1993 (2) In this section" competent authoritl means (a) a Government Medical Officer; (!J) :.1 Government Veterinary Surgeo 49. Section 54 of the principal enactment is he repealed and the following section substituted therefor: !jet (1) No person shall at any restaur hotel, rest house or eating house, serve authorize the serving of any food whi constitutes or contains the flesh of animal, the kill ing of which is at that tl prohibited under this Ordinance (2) Any person who contravenes the pr ( sions of subsection (1) shall cc guilty of offence and shall on conviction Le liable fine not less than ten thousand rupees and more than twenty thousand rupees cr imprisonment of either description for a te not Jess than two years and not exceeding years or to both such fine and imprisonrnen 50. Section 55 of the principal enactment is her amended in subsection (1) of that section by the substi tion for the words II for a zoo, museum or similar i . tion of the fauna and nora of Ceylon. ", of the words . a national zoo Or national museum or for any univer established or deemed to be established under Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978, of the fauna and flora Sri Lanka.". 51. The following section is hereby inser immediately after section 55, and shall have effect section 55A of that enactment: •• Interpre- 55A. In this Part of this Ordinance tatiw of " animal" means any mammal, b' Part V. reptile, amph;h;n--: fi<:h. r-r or invertebrate and does t include a domestic anima defined in section 11, or tropical aquarium fish as fined in section 37. ". 52. Section 57 of the principal enactment is he! amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that se and the substitution therefor, of the following so I tion : "tGeneral penalty. ~~ I ,". special penalty for offences against elephants. Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 27 Act, No. 49 of 1993 " (2) Any person who transfers to any other person any licence or permit issued to him under this Ordinance or any regula tion made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than one thousand rupees and not exceeding two thousand rupees 6r to imprisonment of either description for a term not 1<'>5s than one year and not exceed ing two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. ". 53. Sections 58 and 58A of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor : 58. Any person who does any act i:u con travention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or of any regulation, or of any condition inserted in any licence or permit issued under this Ordinance or any regula tion, shall be guilty of an offence punishable, where no other penalty is expressly provided by this Ordinance, with a fine not less than two thousand rupees and not more than five thousand rupees or with imprisonment of either description for a term not less than one year and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. 58A. Notwithstanding anything in any other provisions of this Ordinance, where an,. person is convicted of the offence of ldlling, hunting, shooting, injuring or taking. or having in his possession or under his control, any wild elephant within a Nature Reserve or Sanctuary, he shall be liable to be punished with a fine not less than one hundred thousand : rupees and not,~re than two , hundred thousand rupees~ to imprisonment of either' description ,for. a :term not less than . "d-~" five years and not exceediiig ten years or to both such tine and imprinnnent.-. l§ ~k, ' Section . 60 of fue princtpal eD:ac"?n:ent is hereby ,.. as follows.:.-:- , al~by, the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) thereo,f, .... Jinrl :t'h .... ,hc:o+;... ,H"... +'\.~ ~.t~ ~.t ..." ~ ...~" - ..J., RepJacement of sections 58 and ... of the prlDdpal enectment. 28 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 '(1) An act otherwise prohibited or penalis under this Ordinance or any regulation rna thereunder, shall not be an offence, if it is do for the purpose of protecting any human bei from any immediate danger or from injury by wild animal. (2) In this section "wild animal" means ad wild animal as defined in section 11.'; and (2) by the repeal of subsection (4) thereof, and t substitution therefor of the following subsection: 63. n shall be lawful for a Magist~ summ~rily to try any offence under Ordinance or under any regulation rna f thereun.d.er, notwithstanding that i punishment specified for such offence is excess'0(0 the ordinary jurisdiction of 1fi~fe. . ~ '"':''':h~,r~::: ,0 64;cl1(1)yrExcept as hereinbefore exp J?roY}-~;~ ~,regard to the disposal of eleplian:t or' of the carcase of any elep or the tusks or tushes of any elephant, ° the conviction of any person for an off relating to an elephant, any animal or Power of Magistrates' Court -to make' order of confisca~ ttoD. " (4) Any person who fails to report the kill" or taking of any wild animal to any police offi or Grama Niladhari or prescribed officer as requi by paragraph (a) of subsection (3) shall be gull of an offence and shall on conviction be liable a fine not less than one hundred thousand rup and not more than two hundred thousand ru or to imprisonment of either description for a te not less than two years and not exceeding fi years or to both such fine and imprisonment.". I Offences lobe triable summarily by Magistrates' Courts. 56. Sections 63 and 64 of the principal enactment aI hereby repealed and the following new sections substitutl therefor : 55. Section 62 "of the principal enactment is her repealed. Repeal eI. IleCtion 62 of the principal enactmeDt. Replacement 0( 8ectlons 63 aDd 64 of the ()l'UIdpal ea.adment. Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 29 Act, No. 49 oj 1993 vehicle, boat, artificial light, snare, net, trap, or other instrument, contrivance, appliance or thing used in, or for the commission of any offence, shall by reason of that conviction be forfeited to the State. (2) Any property forfeited to the State under subsection (1) shall (a) if no appeal has been preferred to the Court of Appeal against the relevant conviction, vest in the State with effect from the date on which the period prescribed for preferring an appeal against such conviction expires; (b) if an appeal has been preferred to the Court of Appeal against the relevant conviction, vest in the State with effect from the date on which such conviction is affirmed on appeal In this subsection, "relevant conviction H means the conviction consequent to which any property is forfeited under subsection (1). The Director shall take possession, on behalf of the State, of any property vested in the State under this section. (3) In this section II animal '. means any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or invertebrate but does not include a domestic animal as defined in section 11.'. r 51. Section 66 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: .,9(1) in subsection (1) of that section (i) by the ~ertion .immediately after paragraph (b) :"ofthe following paragraph: "(bb) enter and search without warrant any hut, house, wadi or premises of AmendmeDt of section 66aftU prlndpal enac\meJll 30 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 (ii) by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (c) thereof of the following paragraph: "(cc) seize and take possession of any animal or the carcase or part of the carcase of any animal which may be produced in evidence of the offence ; " ; and (iii) by the substitution for the words" any animal or bird" wherever they occur in that subsec tion of the words .. any animal" ; (2) in subsection (3) of that section (i) by the substitution for the words" of this Ordinance," in paragraph (c) thereof of the words .. of this Ordinance; or"; (tl) by the addition, immediately after paragraph (c) thereof of the following paragraph : .. (d) does not allow entry into, or the search of, any hut, house, wadi 01 premises by a police officer or pres' eribed officer in the exercise of th~ powers conferred on such police omeel or prescribed officer by subsection (1) , " ; and ' (iii) by the substitution for all the words frolt "shall be guilty" to the end of that sub I section, of the following words: "shall be guilty of an offence and sba1l~ conviction be liable to a fine not less five thousand rupees and not more than co thousand rupees or to imprisonment c either description for a term not less five y~ars and not exceeding ten years or both such fine and imprisonment."; and (3) by the addition immediately after subsection thereof, of the following new subsection: , (4) In this section "animal" means mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or in t,:ln...~tp ,"",,+ ~1"\~~ ""of. ; ..........'n~""" .... ..... ..3 h .! -- . Fauna and Elora Protection (Amendment) 31 Act, s». 49 oj 1993 58. Section 66A of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for all the words from "shall be guilty" to the end of that section, of the words "shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not more than twenty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either des cription for a term not less than one year and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. " . 59. Section 66B of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for the words "not exceeding twenty rupees. ", of the words "not less than five hundred rupees and not more than one thousand rupees. ". GO. Tile following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 66B of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 66c and 66D of that enact ment: Amendment of section 66A of the prmcipal enactment. Amendment of section 66a of the pl"incipal enactment. Insertion of new section 66c and 66D in the prlDc1pal euctment. C'Special powers in respect of unlicensed guns. 66c. (I) It shall be lawful for an officer of the DEpartment of Wild Life Conserva tion or police officer or prescribed officer (a) to require any person possessing, car rying or using a gun to produce the licence issued in respect of such gun undexany written law; (b) to enter and search any premises in which he has reasonable grounds for believing, that any person is manufacturing, selling, repairing or has in his possession any unlicens ed gun; (c) to stop and search any boat, vessel or conveyance in which he suspects that any unlicensed gun is being carried; (d) to take into custody any unlicensed gun and produce Such gun at the nearest police station or divisional secretariat. (2) Any person who (0) fails to produce a licence In respect of any' gun in blkl possession; or (b) refuses to allow tbe search u~· any premises; or 32 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 :;j 1993 (c) fails or refuses to stop any boat vessel or conveyance whcr called upon to do so by ar officer referred to in subsectior (1), in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) erect barriers on any such road any part of such road at any poi within such National Reserve; ; order to exercise control over a to the: Reserve ; (a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall or. conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not more than ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment 0$ either description for a term not less th~ two years and not exceeding five years o~ to both such fine and imprisonment. I 66D. (1) Where any road is construct~ within the boundaries of any Nationa\ Reserve by any other agency, it shall ~ lawful for the Director or any officer of . Department of Wild Life Conservation t DIrector to control roads within the boundaries of any National ~crvc. (b) make. such arrangements as may~ necessary for the opening and closi of such barriers, to facilitate ace to, and from, such Reserve; (c) stop and search, at such barrie~ on any read or part thereof vehicle suspected to be connec with the commission of any 0 under this Ordinance. (2): No person shall, at any barriereJ under subsection (l) or on any road or thereof"within a National Reserve, fa stop enyvehicle when called upon to do fail' to obey any direction lawfully giv Fauna and Elor« Protection (Amendment) 33 Act, No. 49 oj 1993 the Director or other officer under subsection (1), and any person who fails to stop when so called upon or to obey any direction so given shall be guilty at an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than two years and not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. ", 51. Section 67 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitu tion for the words "Intermediate Zone, Nature Reserve, Jungle Corridor ", of the words" Nature Reserve, Jungle Corridor, Refuge, Marine Reserve, Buffer Zone". 62. Section 67A of the principal enactment is hercbx amended by the substitution for the words " territorial Waters of Ceylon ", ex! the words II territorial sea". 63. Section 67F of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) by the substitution for the words II the district director of the district or area ", wherever those words occur in that section, of the words II the distriCt"t·d.ir~ctor'of the district or -, area, or the officer of the Department of Wild Life Conservation in charge of the range"; and (2) by the substitution for the word II Crown" wherever this word occurs in that section of the word .. State ". 64. Section 70 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following sub section : "(1) The Minister may appoint an Advi sory 'Committee which shall consist of the Secretary -to the Ministry in charge of the subject, of Wild Life Conservation as Chair ~~r~~~ piFector and ten other persons for the~p~se of advising the Director and making recommendations to the Minister on all matters and questions relating to the fauna and flora of Sri Lanka."; and Amendmeat atsectioD 67ofth£ principal enaetmenL Amendmeat of&eclion 67Aotthe principal enactment. Amendme;;rt of secti<IIl 671'ot the principal enactmenL Amendment ofsectiaG 70 of the priDdpal enaetmellt. Ar:'.[ ndrnen t of~ 7lu1~ ~.ndpR1 enactment. 34 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 (2) in subsection (2) of that section, by the si stitution Ior the word" twic£''' of the wol "four times ". 65. Section 71 of the principal enactment is hent amended as follows: (1) in subsection (2) of that section (i) by the substitution in paragraph (d) therl for the words" the usc of any head-gear ", the words "the use of any speargun or: any head-gear"; (ii) Dr. th? o~lission of paragraph (f) of that • ~chon, and (2) by the repeal of subsections (3) and (4) thert and the substitution therefor, of the following 51 sections : .. (3) Every regulation made by Minister shall be published in the GJ and shall come into operation on the of such publica.Ion or on such later date may be specified in such regulation. (4) Ev.ery regulation made by the shall, as soon as convenient after its pub tion, be brought before Parliament approval, Any regulation which is not approved shall be deemed to be rescind from the date of disapproval but wi prejudice to anything previously done under, Notification of the date on whi regulation is deemed to be rescinded s published in the Gazette. ", 66. Section 72 of the principal enactment is he amended in subsection (1) of that section as follows (1) by the insertion immediately before the de of thE expression "Ceylon" of the foll definition : C Cl Buffer Zone n means a Buffer Zone co~ by Order under section 2 (1) ; , ; (2) by the omission of the definitions respectively, I expressions .. Ceylon". .. close season" "("?OnV7T' 1R"~ " • l"auna and. Flora Protection (Amendment) 35 Act, N c. 49 of 1993 (::l) by the .insertion immediately before the definition of the expression" cultivated land" elf the following definition: " coast" means the border of land which is adjacent, to the sea and not covered by sea water ;" ; (~) by the omission of the definition of the expression "Tntermediata Zone" and the substitution therefor, of the following definition: "Invertebrate" means a member of the phyla, protozoa, porifera (Sponges) , coelentreata, arthropoda, mollusca, annelida; (5) bY the omission of the definition of the expression .To gun " and the substitution therefor, of the follow ing definition: I " gun II has the same meaning as in the Firearms Ordinance and includes a speargun or a " cap-chur " gun;'; (6) by the emission of the definition of the expresslon "local.. authority" and the substitution therefor, of the foHowing definition: • II local authority" means Municipal Council, Urban Council or Pradeshiya Sabha and includes any authority created and establish ed by, or under, any law to exercise, perform or discharge powers, duties and functions corresponding to, or similar to powers, duties and functions exercised, performed and discharged by any such Council or Sabha ; , ; .(7) by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression "local authority", of the following new definition: ." Marine Reserve tI means a. Marine Reserve constituted 'by Order under section 2 (1) ;'; (8) by the omission of the definition of the expression "open season It ; Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, Nc:. 49 oj 1993 (9) by the repeal of the definition of the expres. "police officer" and the substitution therefor, the following definition: , "police officer 0' means a member of an estab. ed police force and includes a po reservist; , ; (10) by the insertion, immediately after the definrno. the expression "prescribed ", of the follov, definitions : • "public corporation" means any corporat: board or other body which was, or is e st lished, by or under any written law of than the Companies Act, with funds capital wholly or partly provided by ~ Government by way of grant, loan or oth· wise;' ; , " Refuge" means a Refuge, constituted Order under section 2 (1) ; , ; (11) by the insertion, immediately after the definition the expression ccSanctuary" I of the followi definition: , "Sri Lanka" includes the territorial sea of S: Lanka;' ; (12) by the insertion immediately before the definition the expressioll "Strict Natural Reserve" of t! following definition: '" State land" means land to which the State : lawfully entitled or which may be dispose of by the State together with any buildin: standing. therein, and with ail rights interests and privileges attached appertaining thereto, and shall be deemed to include farid' vested in, or under the control of the River'Valley Development Board and the Maha~~li Development Board or any other au~ority charged with the function of developing State land, or in any local authority; '; and (13) Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) 37 Act, s». 49 of 1993 by the substitution for the definition of the expres sion .• territorial waters", of the following defini tions : •"territorial sea" means the area declared as the territorial sea of Sri Lanka by Proclamation, made under the Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976 ; "tourist" means any local or foreign visitor who enters any national park; "tourist hotel" means an organization, instrtu tion or an enterprise which provides not less than ten rooms for accomodation; "vertebrate", means a member of the class of pisces, amphibia, reptilia, aves or mammalia ; and "wild life" means, plants and animals which owe their existence to natural phenomena or processes that occur autonomously. '. 67. In the principal enactment for the word" Ceylon ", wherever that word occurs in that enactment there shall be suhstituted the words "Sri Lanka ". 68. In the principal enactment for the words "Crown land II wherever those words occur in that enactment there shall he substituted the words "State land ", 69. The Minister or any person authorised by the President by instrument under his hand may sign, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, any international agreement or convention relating to wild life. 70. In the event of any inconsistency between ..lie Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act. the Sinhala text shall prevail, 71. Schedules I, II, III, and IV to the principal enact ment are hereby repealed, and the following Schedules substituted therefor: ..... Substitution of the words .. Sri Lanka" for the word .. Ceylon ". Substitution of the worda .. State land .. for the words .. Crown land ", Signing of interna tional agree mentsor convention relating to wild life. Sinhala text to prevail incase of inconsistency. Replacemenef of Schedules ~n.man4l IV to tb'" principal enac.tment Fauna and Elora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 oj 1993 "SCIIEDULEI [Section :l0] List of Mammilla and Rcpt.iles t hnt. are not protected };"'I/.i.ttlt J.Vrt1'i~ Wild Boar Hlacknapod Hare Scientific Name SUi. crrst ut us Lepus nigrtcot!is Sinbala Nrzm« Wal UTa Ha...a Tamil Name l"lIldi or Kat.ru P Mussr.l or Muyal Indian crested Porcupine Hystrix Lndieu It tow a or Panduru ~rulinm-!,8ndi I tWWIl Mullu p.pundi Ra!Alllnd Yjco (exovpt the endemic -I>eof..) Ratus TutUA and NOT. wigicus Miyu, Kossetamiya .. Elli, Sund Toqne MO:lkey or Hod Maoaca ainice sinicu .. Rilawa Monkev (other than hill monkey) Kurangu Grey langur Cobra Indian Krait 8r lLnnkn Krait Huasela Viper Saw eoaled Vir Prosbyt.is entellus Naja Naja Bungo.rua caereulus Bungarus Ceylon icus Vipera russell i EchiR carinate VllnduTa Or n.lIde vnndura Naya Karawalll Karawala Polonga w-n Polonga Muodl Naham, Naba Pambu Pudayan pam FUOIlYIlO pam Viri'UI.Viriflll bu, SuraUi PI'"I1~ll Yirian , \"irian pambu, llUJ'atti pambu BOHEDULE IT LIST O. nrans THAT ARE NOT PROT!:O'TED [Section 3)] Englillh Name Scientific Nafl'Wl Sinltola N Tamil N .. Kaka,KakuD Uroloncba puncto.1&te Wfle Kurulla lineo'98lltor Ho Crow House Sparrow Spotted Hunia Corvua splendena prot.egatua P.-r domesti0llllOror Kakka. Kolamba Kakb Ge·Karulla Oor·Kaka AdR.ikalamKl Oer·kuruvi Nellu.kuruTi Wbite-beo'Ud Kania .•• ~=U~10iWia·~ . ~:;~'~ ~Weaver Plooeus manyar fiavu.p. . Ro.eringed Parakeet •• PllittaCula Krameri manlJentdw Wee KIU'l111& Vadn]'{utulla Rann giraw& Nellu knravi Thakl'l.Dl'I.D.~ Manjallmru. Payi~lIi . Fau,", lind Floro Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Family Bufonidae Ranidae Rhacophoridae .• Aliorohylidae •. Ceeeilldae SOllEDGLE III LI8T OJ' AMrHlBIA.!"S THAT A.IU: PROTEOTl!:D ScienJijic N QI'1t. Bufo atukoralii Bufo Kelaart.ii Rana corrugatn Rana gracili« Rann green ii Nannophry» ccylonenais Narinophry s guenthori Nannophrys mnrmorata Rhaeophorua crucigor Rhacophorus e quos Hhacophorus microtympanum Rhacophorua uasutus Philnutus schmnrdanua Ramanclln pn.lmru a Harnanelln obscure Microhyla zeylanice Ichthyophis glutinosus Iohthyophis paendoangularis Ichthyopbis orthoplicntns F; 0 nED U L E IV LIST OJ' FISH THAT Anr. nnOTECTED [SeoWon S I A] [Section 81 A] EnqliM Name Scienlijic Name Sinhola Name Tamil Name Two Spinod Angel Fish Regal Angel Fish Clown Coria Bioolor WI'888e8 Loinfish BatJiah Green Labeo Orange rill labeo Aaoka barb Hal1enBtyn's barb Blotched filamented barb Bandula barb W'l1pita Rasbora Redneck golly Red tailed golly Lipstick goby Smooth breasted snake head Jonk!8Z88'sloach •• Centropyge bispinosus Pgyoplites d iaoenthua Coris Aygula Labroides bicolor Pterois radiate Platax pinnatus Lebec Fisheri Labco porcellus Puntius aeoka Puntius Martenstyni Puntius srilankensis Puntius bandula Rasbora wilpita Schismatogobius derani yagalai Sicyopteros halei Sicyopus [onkleaal Channa orientalis LepidocephaIichthys jonklaasi Aaoka Pethiya Maratansyn Pethiya KolaKanaya Jonklaas Ehirava Fauna and FlDra PTotectfon (A~1'n81\t) Act, No. 49 of 1993 72. The following new Schedule is hereby inserted immediately after Schedule IV to the principal enactment and shall have effect as Schedule IVA of that enactment: Insertion cr. new schedua IVA in the: prineipal en&ctment. "30 n J: D U L. IVA List of Invortebratoa that aro protected [aootion 3IB] Soientif~ ;\'ame Engluh NarM SinMl<J Name Tamil ."'''" Ordor Lopidoptora Aneurct us simoni Order Oladdocera Gharda>;laio. ambigua Btc.nocypriH fernandoi ~ssa oeylonica Chnssa halyi Oontrocypris yiridia Darwinulo.lundi Orthr Crustacea Caridine, singhalonsis Csridinn prist is Candina fernandoi Caridina zoylanica Candina ooatai Me.crobrachium. ftil"",kan Oeylonthelphuaa rugosa Coylontholphusa lIOror CeylonthC'lpbulIa inflo.t isairna Odot.helphusa minneri~ Hyumooera olegans Enoplometopua spp Dardanua magistos Order MollClM>G 'Rnl;""""uP ; ""'.................. : ....... Butterflies/Moths.. sarna.nalayo/mla. ba)'o Sri I.anka relic t lUl t FaufUl and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 ~udomus bicinctna Pnludomus dOOI188Qtu8 Paludornus nigricana Paludomus rpgnli... Palndornus snlce tua Paludomus Ioricar us Ps.ludomus noritoicl ..s Paludomus solidus Paludomus palust ria Chaonia tritoniB Trida,chD8 spl' Tibia insulae Strombus listeri Lambis lambis Lambls ohlrallR C)'prl'a tigris Oyprca tail'a Cyproo. mnppo Cyprcs argus CypraetWUs rufa Cas!is=ata Ohicorens PalIIl4!'Oaa~ .. C:I\U1< Palmrosa morex •. Tube worm. Fan worm.~ GnUr EchiftodMmaia Heterocentroto8 mB£t\rniliatul State penoil Urchin Royal cucumber Onkraeo~ Cerianthus spp 'omil11~a. PooiDopora spp 8~:rlopora spp 8eriatopora IpP 'CIf7I~Acroporida. A.croporaa pp Sandanemone Fauna a!\d FloTa Protection (Arrx-r....lf1U:1Ilj Act, No. 49 of 1993 FQ".i~ AgarididGl~ Pavona epp Cosoinanaea .pp LeptMerie epp Paobyserie speeiose Family F"nfjiidue Cyoloseri epp Fungiaepp Herpolitha limax Polyphyllila talpina 8andaIolitha robusta Zoopilus echinaf.us Diaseris fragilie Diaseeis distorts Musbr00n, CUI,,: t Brain Coral .drain eoru i J 'amily Pooiidae Favia Rpp Fnvites 'pp Montastrea epp Cyphastrea chalcidicum Cyphastrea serilia Oulophyllia orispa Platygyra epp Leptoria phrygia Dlploastrea heliopora Eohiuipora Iemelloea Clesiastrea versipora Goniastrea 'pp 'amWy·Jl,-","1MdM Hydnophora app Merulina .pp 'amily ·JltuftdM 8ymhyllia .pp. Labophyllia epp. Lobophyllia hemphrielli',; 'amily - Pedintulae Eohinophyllia IIpp. Peotinia IIpp Hyoodium elephaa Aoaothutrea IIpp. 'amil" • OaryophyUiid4:H Eapbylliaepp } Pler'OBYJ'& linaou Babble oorel. Pbyeogyra IIpp. Cat.a1aphyllia judiDei f> ()oa!b...mone· ,.,.(11/ • n-lroplr,lliUtu Tubast.rea epp. Coral Potype, Deadrophylli& mionntba Deudrophylli& peItaM TurblDaria spp, H~p".mmia~l.a Fauna and FLora Protection (Amendment) Act, N.J. 49 ci 1993 Family. Poritida« Porites spp. Goniopora stokeri - Ball COW] Goniopora Craticoea Goniopora astreata Ol<u. - Hydrozoa Order. Milliporilla l'amull' Milleporidao: Mi!lopom IiPI' "Fi!. cora! 1omilll-S'yla8luiUJCK Diatiohopora violacea Btylallter spp. Orlkr •.Anlipalhari4 Blaok corals Ortkr-(}()rgonacea Gorgonians (Sea C&I1B. Soa whiper) 6oftoonW Ortkr.J!kyonaua Family-AliyonildM Saroophyton app. Family.NephlMidCK Den dronephthya spp" 'omily.Xeri~ Xeniaspp". 13. Schedules V and VI of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following Schedules substituted therefor : "SCHEDULE V Replacement of Schedule V and VI of the principal enactment. [Section 42] List of Plants that are protected hmily 1 'Clmi11l Equis4?~e 'CI17I-UII boet4ceae FcnnI1l1 LvcopocliGceae ScienUfic Name Eq.uisetum debfle Isoetes coromandellna Lycopodium carolinianum Lycopodium ceylanicum" Lycopodium clavatum Lycopodium hamlltoDtl Lycopodium phlegmarla Lycopodium phyllanthum Fauna end Flora ProLec:"ol, ~.·i:;.l:/.'::llli':) Act, u». 49 o! 1993 Lycopodium serratum Lycopodium sq uar rosum Lycopodium wi gh uanum Family PKllotaotee Family Selaginellaceas Family Adiantaceae FaInil7 Aapleniaceae Family Cyatheaceae FamD;y Dennstaedtiaceae Family Dryopterldaceac Ps ilotum nudum Sl'hglllt'11a cochlcata • s. h~,iII(;lla pr a.r.r-rrnisaa " Sr-Iaginc lla wrgnt i: Acunioptcr is LI~;:,ta Ch.-i lanthes thwaitcsli Ie!iopteris hookcr ia.ia L'c llaca boi VlIU Pel laca Ialcat« Pteris argyrca Ptcris con f usa Pter is gorigalcnsis Pter is prnetcrrnisc.. Pt.ris rr-pans A~pleniu:n d isjunctum Aspluruurn longipes Asplenium nitidum Asplenium obscurum Asplenium pellucidum Cyathca hooken Cyathca sinuata Microlepia majuscula Lindsaea rLpcI1S Var. pectinata Deparia polyrhizon Diplaziurn cognatwn Diplazium paradoxum Diplazium zeylanicum Polyst ichum anornalum Pteridrys $YTrnatica Pteridrys zeylanica Tactaria thwaitesii Ctenopteris l!langulosa Ctenopteris repandula <::tenopteris thwaitesii \irammitis wallii Scleroglossum sulcatum v; .....""",... ....... ,........; • .... .... ;,.n~. Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment). Act, No. 49 of 1993 I'ami17 ~pGdace.e I'amJb OImuDdilceae ...... P.1nI•••eeoe Trice manes exiguurn Trico manes intramarginale Trico manes motleyi 'I'rico manes nitidulum 'I'rico manes pallidum Trice manes saxitragoidea Trico manes wallii· Bolbitis appendiculata Val'.~ Teratophyllum aculeatwn Marr ttia fraxinea Botry .hium daucifolium Botrchiurn lanuginosum Hem lnthostachys zeylanica Ophioglossum costatum Ophioglcssum gramineum Ophioglossum nudicatule Ophioglossum pendulum Ophioglossum petiolatum Ophioglossum reticulatum ~mpel\)pteris prolifera Christella meeboldii Christella subpubesoens Christella zeylanica Propnephrium gardneri " Sphaerostephanos subtruncatul Thelypteris conftuens TrigonO!POra angustifrons 'l'rigonospora calcarata I'rigonospcra ciliata {'rigonospora glandulosa· l'rigonospora obtusilobe Trigonosporazeylanica Osmunda collin. Belvisia mueronata Leptochilua wallii· Microsorium diIatatum PleoDlitis mR('rtW"""'" Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 oj 1993 Family Tbe11Pteridaceae Family Cyc:adaceae Family Ac:anthaceae Family Amaranthaceae FamUy Anacardiaceae ... Amauroplta hakaa1euia Cyca5 circinalis Andrographis maerobotzo)'. Barleria nitida Gymnostachyum thwaite.ii· Strobilanthes caudata Strcbilanthes gurcinerana· Strobilantlu..-s nigresCeDI Strobilanthes nockii " SLrobilanthes punctata • Strobilanthes rhytisperma • Strobilanthes denodon • Su:obilanthes thwattesli " Strobilanthes zeylanica • Synnema uliginosum Achyranthes bidentata Achyranthes diandra • Centrostachys aquatica Cyath'.l1a ceylanica • Scrnecarpus rnocnii " Sernccarpus obovata " Scmccarpus parvifoUa • ~lpho"lSea hortensis s Alph,msca zeylanica " Anaxagorea luzonenais Artabotrys hexapetalus Goniothalamus thomsonii Miliusa zeylanica Orophea polycarpa Pboenicanthus ccriacea • 1 Phoenicanthus obliqua Polyalthia moonii • '''Polynlthia persicaefolia Uvaria cordata I .Uvaria: lelDeCarpifoUa • ~lopia .Digricans• .. -. T-Anodenciron rhinosoponzm "Hunteria zeylanica (PJ'tclUca ceylanica • miuvolfia eerpentina 17aUari~ 80lanacea WWugbbeia cirrhifera Wdchtia ftavido-roRe Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Fanuly Araliaeeae Family Axlepiadaceae Family ~raeeae I'amIly BaJsamlnaeae Arisaema A. constrictum • Cryptocoryne spiralis Cryptocoryne thwaitesii " Rhopbidophora decursiva Rhaphidophora pertusa Typbonium flegelliforme Polyscias acuminata Bidaria cispidata " Brachystelma lankana • Caralluma adscendens Caralluma umbellata Ceropegia candelabrum Ceropegia elegans var. gardneri· Ceropegia parviflora " Ceropegia taprobanica " Ceropegia thwitesii Cosmostigma .racemosum Cynanchum alatum Dischidia nummularia Cymnema rotundatum s Heterostemma tanjorense Hoya pauciflora U.arsdenia tenacissima Oxystelma esculentum Taxocarpus kleinii l)'lophora fascieulata Tylophora multiflora Tylophora pauciflora Tylophora zeylanica Balanophora !l'ngosa Impatiens janthina· Impatiens Ieucantha " Impatiens repens " Impatiens subcordata • Impatiens taprobanica· Impatiens walkeri • Begonia dipetala Begonia subpeltata Cullenla rosayroana " Adansonia digitata Cordia subcordata !ieliotropium 8lq>inum 48 Eanma and}!!oraProte.ctio'!:' (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Family Burmanniaceae Family Campanulaceae Family Capparidaceae Family Caryophyllaceae Family Cel9.straceae Family Combretaceae Family Commelinaceae Family Compositae Burmannia championii Thismia gardnerana ?" Campanula canescens Campanula fulgens Cadaba fruticosa Capparis divaricata Capparis floribunda Capparis tenera Cleome chelidonii Stellaria pauciflora Euonymus thwaitesii • Maytenus fructicosa • Lumnitzera littorea ... ',Cyanotis obtusa .. Adenostemma angustifolium Anaphalis fruticosa " Anaphalls pelliculata" Anaphalis thwatesii " .... ~ ...7· ~ .Blephatisperrnum petiolare 'Blumea anguatifolia s Bhzmea aurita ,.Blumca barbata Blumea crinita " ,J31umea lanceolaria 1Glo~gyne bidens Gynura lWpida· ;:.;.;.~ c ; .. Gynnra zeylanica " ~o~nia grandiflora li~tOnia walkeri.-.,;. ,p~~thUS amaranthoidea I~~nia ancepss ¥~onia pectiniformIs ~erncmia thwaitesii. H. ~nthium indicum Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 49 Famii)'-Convolvulaceae hmily-Cras!!ulaceae Faroily-Cucurbilaceae ramil)' Cyperaceae hmUy-Dilleniacee.e ramily-Dipt.eroe:a1'PaceM Argyrcja choisyana Argyreia hancorniifolia • Argyreia pomacea Argyreia spleudens Bonamia semidigyna Ipomoea coptica Ipomoea [ucunda • Ipomoea staphylina. Ipomoea wightii Kalanchoe lacirJata Kedroslis rostrata Melothria leiosperma Baeothryon subcapjlanttn Carex breviscapa Carex taprobanensis " Cyperus articulatus Cyperus cephalotes Eleocharis coofervoidea confervol~ Elcocharis lankana • Fimbristylis zp.ylanica e Fimbristylis monticcla HypolytrUml Iongirostre" Ma~nia imrnersa " Mariscus compactus Pycreus stramineus Rhynchospora gracillima Scirpodendron ghaeri Scleria pilosa " Tricostularia undulata Acrotrema dissectum e Acrotrema lyratum • Acrotrema thwaitesii • '0 • Discorea spata •• .Cotylelobium· seabriusculume .~opea cordifoUa e Shore. dUtlcU • Sharon SssophYlla· Shqrea ' ovalifolla· . Stemonoporus aftlnia· Rt~m,""f'W"n'P"I1· , ... ,. ....... •..•• 00 Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Stemonoporus meonii " Stemonoporus nitidus " Sternouoporus oblongifolius • Stcmcnoporus peuolaris " Stemonoporus reticulatus > Stcrnonoporus rigid us " Vatica obscura " Eoenaceae Family Eriocaulcceae Family Eupborbiaceae Diospyros acuta • Diospyros albifiora • Diospyros atrata • Diespyros attenuata • Diospyros chaetocarpa • Dio;;:!YJos edenoides " Diospyros koentgit ? Diospyros moonu s Diospyros opaca > Diospyros oppositifolia • Diospyros quaesita • Elaeocarpus ceylanicus Elacoearpus montanus " Er iocaulon J1IIViatile· Eriocaulcn longicuspts " EriocClulon luzulifolium Eriocaulon philippo-eoburgi Eriocaulon walkerl s Agrostistachys hooker i " Anndcsrna tbwaitcsianum > Bridclia stipularis Chaetocarpus pubesccns > Carozophora rottleri Cleistanthus collinus Croton moonil • Dalocharnpia indica Drypetes lanceolata • E<.:phorbia cristata Gloehidion nernorale s MallotllS distans Phylhmlhus affinis. Phyllanthus anabaptizatua s Phyllnnthus hakgalensis. Phvllanthus longifioTUs Phvllanthus rotundifolius Podadcnln S3pida • Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 11 hmily-Flacourtiaceae Family-Gentianaceae ~'anuly-Geraniaceae fami]y-Gesneriaceae ~ amily-Goocleniaceae ?amily-Guttiferae ramlly-Haloragidaceae Famlly-Hippocratesceae Family-Hydrocharitaceae ramily-Icaeinaceae Family-Labiatae Famlly-Laurace&e Putranjiva zeylanica " Sauropus assimilia " Sauropus retroversus > TrigonostemoD diplopetalus > Hydnocarpus octandra " Exacum sessile Crawfurdia championli Geranium nepalense Aeschynanthus ceylanica Chirita mocnli s Chi rita walkert " Didyrnocarpus fioccosus· Didymocarpus zeylanicus s Epithema carnosum " Scaevola plumieri Calophyllum cordato-oblongum " Calophyllum trapezifolium· Calophyl1um cuneifolium v Garcinia terpnophylla " Mesua stylosa Laurembergia indica· Laurembergia zeylanlca Hippocratea arnottiana Hippocratea macrantha Nechamandra alternifolia Pyrenacantha volubilis Anisochilus paniculatus Coleus elongatus Leucas longifolia Plectranthus capilllpes· Plectranthus glabratus Plcctranthus subincisus Scutellaria robusta· Actinodaphne albifrona· C~·tha capillaria Cinnamomum capparu-conm4e· Cinnamomum cltriodorwn· Cinnamomum UtseifoJium Cryyltocarya membrancea· Litsea nemora1iS"· Litsca undulata " 52 Fauna and Flora Protecuon (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Acacia Ierruginca Aaenanthera bicolor Albiuia amara ;Jyssicarpus longUolius Bauhinia scandens Cassra italica Cassia senna Caosalprrria crista Cacsalpinia digyna Cacsalpiriia hymenocarpa Caesulpiriia major Cortoiaria bertcroana Crotclaria linifolia Cr otol aria montana Croto.aria mysorcnsis Crotolar ia tciquctra CrotoJaria wightiana Crotcluria willdcnowiana Crudia zey laarca" Cynomctra r'ipa Dcsmodium gangeticum Dcsmidium jucundum " Desruodium zonaturn Dioclea [avanica Dunbaria ferruginea ., Eleiolis monopnylla Erioscma chincnse Galactia striata Indigofera constricta Indigofera glabra Indigo!cra parviflora Indigofera trlfoliata Indigofera wightii Mucuna gigantea 'Mucuna monosperma Pcricopsis mooniana .!!fynch(,sia acutissima "Rhynchosta densifio.ra ... .J . rl.YJ.Ynchosia D urnmularia i:nh~~hosia suaveolerw I~bania sericea.... ~thif& conferta !SO~hora violacea' SODhora ~lanice' Fauna and Elora P-rotection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Strongylodon siderospennus Tephrosia hookerana Tephrosia senticosa Tephrosia spinosa Famil)'-Melastomacete Lemna gibba Utricularia scandens Chlorophytum heyneanum Dipcadi montanum Urginea rupicola Barathranthus mabaeoidea Dendrophthoe lonchip~ Helixanthera ensifolia Macrosolen barlowii Tolypanthus gardneri Abutilon pannosum Dicellostyles axiflarls e Julostylis angustifolia v Pavonia patens Thespesia lampas Mcdinilla maculata • Memccylon cllipticum • Memecylon gracillimum s MemecyJon grande Mernccylon lecucanthum " Mernecylon rnacrocarpum " McmccyJon orbiculare " lJemccyJon ovoideum • Memecylon phyllanthlfolium > Memecylon revolutum " Memecylon rotundatum Soncrila brunonis Sonerila cordifolia • Sonerila firma· Sonerila gardnerls Sonerila lanceolata· . Sonerlla pilosula· Sonerila robusta s i",~nerila tomentena· ~nerna wightiana· Cocsinium fenestratum Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 ui 1993 l'amil.y-OChnaceae Broussonetia zey!anica. Dorstenia indica Ficus costata Ficus trimenii Madura cochinchinensia Eugenia amoena > Eugenia cotinifolia· Eugenia fulva • Eugenia glabra " Eugenia mabaeoides SSP. pedunculata s Eugenia rivulorum s Eugenia rufofulva· Eugenia terpnophylla v Syzygium lewisii· Ochna rutescens Ximenia americana Jasminurn angustifolium Jasminurn bignoniaceum Olea paniculata Agrostophyllum zeylanic:um. Bulbophyllum crassi!olium· Bulbophyllum purpureum· Bulbophyllum tricarinatum· Coe1ogyne zeylanica· Dcndroblum maccarthiea Corymborchis veratrifoUa Diploccntrum recurvum i:ria tricolor· Galeola javanlea· GastrodiazeyIanlea • Gastroeua zeylanlca· Goodyera fumata Habenaria virens Ipsea speciosa Liparis barabata· Fauna and FLora Protection (Amendment) Act, N0. 49 oj 1993 lMalaxis densiflora Malan, 1aDcifolia· Malaxis purpurea Obcronia claviloba Oberonia dolabrata· Oberonia fornicata • Oberonia quadrilatera • Oberonia recurva Oberonia scyllae • Obcronia wallie-ailvae " Oberonia weragamensis " Peristylus plantagineus Phrea tia elcgans Pteroceras viridiflorum Rhynchostylis retusa Robiquetia gracilis Sirhookcra latifolia Taeniophyllum gilimalensea" Vanda thawaitesi.l· Vanda spathuiata Vanda tessalata Acginetia pcndunculata Cambellia aurantiacea" Christisonia thawaitesU .. Areca concinna v Nypa rruticans Peperomia wightiana Dicraca stylosa . • Polygala leptalea Fauna and Fto ra Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 oj 1993 ~-Portulacaccae Familr-ltoxburghiaceac i'amily-RuWaOKe Portulaca wigntiana Hehca ceylanica " Bruguicra cylondrica Ceriops decandra AlchemiUa indica Rubus glomcratus Sanguisorba indicum • Sternona minor Byrsophyllum cllipticurn Canthiurn macrocarpiaa " Dichilanthe zeylanica " Gardenia turgida Hedyotis cyane.cena· Hedyotis cy;nosa • Hed~'otil evenia· Hedyotis iardneri· Hedyotis inamoena " Hedyotis quinquenervia • Hedyotis rhinophylla " Lasianthws rhinophyllua· Lasianthus thwaitcsii· Nargedia macrocarpa ? Neurocalyx gardneri s Oldenlandia trinervia Ophiorrhiza pallida " Psychotria glandulifera· Psycbortia moonii " Psychortia pluzivenia " Fauna and Flora Yrotect'.olL <-Amendment) Act. No. 49 of 1993 Saprosrna indicum Saprosma scabridum " Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea Scyphostachys pedunculatua' Trrcalysia erythrospora' 57 P'llIDJly-Sapotaceae Family.......scropholarlaceae· F~-Simarau~ceae \talar-,tia raccmosa Glycosmis cyanocarpa Var. aimplidfolia Naringi crenulata Zanthophyllurn caudatum Cadiospcr;nultl corindum Euphcria gardneri' Thraulococcus simpllcifoliua' Madhuca moonii' Palaquium canaliculatum' Paiaquium thwaitesii' Adenosma mbrepena' Lindernia viscosa Verbascum chincnse Suriana maritima Sonneratia apetala Pentapetes phoenicea Pterygota thwalteail • Sterculia euttata Stylidium uliginosum SympIOC05 diverifolla Symp1ocoI elepna· Symplocos kureensis Sumphoremainvolucratum 58 Fauna and Elora Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 of 1993 Fami1y-Taccaeeae Family-'lbeaceae Family-'lb7melaeaceae Fam117-TiJ1e eeee hm111-Triuridaeeae Fa.mil7-Umbe11fferae Famil7-VabUeeeae Family-Verbenaceae Family Violaceae Family Vbcaceae Famfly Z1Dgiberaceae Tacca leontopetaloidel Gordonia speciosa • Phaleria capitata Corchorus tril1ens Grewia asiatica Grewia hirsuta Triumfetta glabra " Hyalisma janthina Sciaphila erubescens " Sciaphila inornata • Sciaphila secudiflora· Peucedanum ceylanicum SanicuJa elata Elatostema acuminatum Elatostema walkerae " Lecanthus pcruncularis Vahlia dichotorna Premna divaricata Premna purpurascens • Premna thwaiteaii. Priva cordifoiia Svenosia hydcrabadensis Hybanthus ramosissimua " Ginalloa spathu1i!olia· Korthalsella japonica Notothixos floccosus Viscum ramosissimum Alphinia fax· Alphinia rufescens • Amomum acuminatum· Amamum benthamlanum ~ Arncr.num graminifollum· Amomwn hypoleucum Amomwn trichostachyum • Jl'auna and F10TB Protection (Amendment) Act, No. 49 o] 1993 59 SCHEDULE VI Protected Trees [Sf'Ction .~1 Scientifie NfM11e ..Sinho!« Name Tamil Any hi•• ' S ame tor"calouthe. lie MScUnu. ftc tJOlue I. The true popularly known as Knox's Troo, situated at :\l:uttur in KoddiylU'p8ttu In the Administrative District of Trineomalee ' Tamarindus indica Tamarind Siyambala Pulliwn 2. The tree popularly known 11.9 Grubcndi-Bimbelageha nearabout 3 mile POI~ (rom tlie Elehara anieut on tb 0 Elahara Canalsituatod in the I't{atale Diet.riet of tbe Central Province Tamarindus indica Tamarind Siyambala PuUlum 3. The Tree growing in the Parakuduwe, Temple said to be over 600 years ' Mesua spp Iron-wood .. Nil. gaba Null. ,. A tree growing on the banks of the Gin Ganga Fious bengalenais Banyan Tree .. N uga Gaha G. Tree planted in Kottc by Mahatma Gandhi. on one of bis visite to Sri Lanka. 3lleauai errea .. tron "'ood Nn Caha Nab