222 JOURNAL, BOMBA Y NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



(Copy.) 



A Bill to maJce better provuion for the protection and preservation of game. 

 Whereas it is expedient to make better provision for the protection and 

 preservation of game ; It is hereby enacted as follows : — 



1. (I) This Act may be called the Indian 

 Short title and extent. ^ ■' •' 



Game Act 190 ; and 



(2) It extends to the whole of British India, including British Baluchistan, 

 the Santhal Parganas and the Pargana of Spiti. 



„ 2. In this Act, — "same" means all kinds of 



Definition. ' ^ 



the following birds and animals when in their wild 



state, namely — 



({) bustards, ducks, floricans, geese, jungle fowl, partridges, peafowl. 



pheasant, pigeons, quail, sand-grouse, snipe, spur fowl, and wood-cock : 



(ii) antelopes, asses, bison, buffaloes, deer, gazelles, goats, hares, oxen, 



rhinoceroses and sheep. 



3. The Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette. 



declare any period of the year to be a close time 

 Close time. '' '^ '' 



for any specified kind of game throughout the 

 whole or any part of its territories ; and, during such period and within the 

 areas specified in such declaration, it shall be unlawful — 



(a) to capture or kill any such game ; 



(b) to deal in any such game; 



(c) to deal in the plumage of any bird specified in such notification 



captured or killed during such close time. 



Penalty for iiiegni capture or *' Whoever does, or attempts to do any act in 



kiUiug of, or duUing in, game. contravention of section 3, shall be punishable— 



(a) on the first conviction with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, and 

 (6) on the second conviction with imprisonment for a term which may 

 extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one hun- 

 dred rupees, or with both. 



5. Where any person is found in possession of any game recently cap- 



,. . ... tured or killed, the Court may presume that he 



Presumption of commisEion of ' j t- 



certain oiiences. ij^g captured or killed such game. 



6. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the capture or killing 



of game in self-defence or in bona fide protection 

 Savings. ° . • . •. 



of a standmg crop or growmg trmt. 



7. The Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette, 



annlv the provisions of this Act to any kind of 

 Application of Act to other ^' "^ ' ■ ^ , • i 



birds. bird other than those specified in section 2, which 



in its opinion it is desirable to preserve from extinction. 



8. The WUd Birds Protection Act, 1887, XX 



^^®'''^''^" of 1887, is hereby repealed. 



