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(c) the taking, wounding or killing of big game, other than tiger, 

 panther, wolf, hyena, wild dog, pig or bear, over water or 

 salt-licks ; 

 (cZ) wounding or killing the females of deer, antelope or bison ; 

 (e) wounding or killing any game birds or hares during the close season 

 fixed in the Appendix. 

 2, The setting of snares or traps is prohibited in all Reserved and 

 Protected forests except with the written permission of the 

 Divisional Forest Officer. 

 3. {a) In any Reserved or protected forests or portions of reserved or pro- 

 tected forests to which the local Government may, for the purpose of strict 

 conservation or for the preservation of animals which are becoming rare, or for 

 both of these purposes, apply these and the following rules by a notification 

 published in the Bombay Government Gazette, hunting and shooting are prohi- 

 bited except under a license to be obtained from the Conservator of Forests. 



(&) Every license issued under clause (a) of this rule shall permit the holder 

 only to hunt and shoot, and shall be valid for a period of one year from the 

 date of its grant in any reserved or protected forest in the presidency to which 

 these rides are made applicable under clause (a), subject to the condition that 

 before it has effect in any forest division in which the licensee does not reside 

 or exercise any jurisdiction, it must be countersigned by the Divisional 

 Forest Officer. 



(c) No such license shall entitle the holder to hunt or shoot more than two 

 stags or bulls of each species of animal to be specified in the license, according 

 to a list to be prepared for each Forest Division by the Conservator of Forests. 



4. Licenses shall not be refused except for special reasons to be stated in 

 writing. 



5. Wounded game may be pursued into the forests of the division adjoining 

 that for which the license is valid or into a forest closed under Rule 8. 



6. A license granted under these rules shall not be transferable. 



7. Every person to whom a license has been granted under these rules, and 

 who is found hunting, shooting, snaring or trapping in any forest to which these 

 rules apply, shall on demand by any forest, police or revenue officer, produce 

 his license. 



8. The Conservator may, on the recommendation of the Divisional Forest 

 Officer and the Collector, declare that any particular forest or part of a forest 

 is wholly closed for a term of years or annually for a specified season. He may 

 also prohibit the taking, wounding or killing of any particular species of animal 

 in any specified tract of forest, with a view to the preservation of such species, 

 but any such order shall be subject to revision by the Commissioner. To such 

 forests the validity of licenses granted under these rules does not extend or is 

 modified accordingly : provided that gazetted officers whose jurisdiction extends 

 to such forests, or persons holding licenses on which the Divisional Forest 

 Officer has endorsed special permission to that effect may kill pig, tigers and 



