S.L. 549.42 Art. 24Bird sanctuaries.

Except as provided for in regulation 23, no person:

(a) shall hunt, injure, take or try to hunt, injure or take any bird in a bird sanctuary;

(b) shall, at any time and by any means whatsoever, have in his possession or under his control any bird, dead or alive, or part of a bird, in a bird sanctuary;

(c) shall have in his possession or under his control, any fire-arm, ammunition, decoys, net or any other means to hunt, or take any bird in a bird sanctuary:

Provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any person licensed to hunt or to take in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, who, while on a moving vehicle, is carrying a fire-arm which is unloaded and without any cartridges in the magazine, and inside its case, or who has nets for taking birds while passing through the main roads of a bird sanctuary:

Provided further that the Minister may, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9(1)(b), by notice in the Gazette, authorize a derogation from the provisions of this regulation in respect to items (8) and (9) of Schedule V, in the interests of air safety. In cases of urgency, the Minister may act without the recommendation of the Ornis Committee in terms of these regulations.