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THE MAMMALS OF SOMALILAND 



Power of 

 Commis- 

 sioner to 

 prohibit 

 certain 

 methods of 

 capture. 



Animal not 

 scheduled 

 may be 

 killed with 

 out licence. 



8. Where it appears to the Commissioner that any method used for 

 kilHng or capturing animals is unduly destructive, he may, by Proclamation, 

 prohibit such method, or prescribe the conditions under which any 

 method may be used ; and if any person uses any method so prohibited, or 

 uses any method otherwise than according to the conditions so prescribed, 

 he shall be liable to the same penalties as for a breach of this Ordinance. 



9. Save as provided by this Ordinance, or by any Proclamation under 

 this Ordinance, any person may hunt, kill, or capture any animal not 

 mentioned in any of the Schedules. 



Game 

 reserves. 



Power of 

 Commis- 

 sioner to 

 declare and 

 alter 

 reserves. 



Close 

 season. 



Game Reserves 



10. The areas described in the Fifth Schedule hereto are hereby 

 declared to be game reserves. 



The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of State, may, 

 by Proclamation, declare any other portion of the Protectorate to be a 

 game reserve, and may define or alter the limits of any game reserve, and 

 this Ordinance shall apply to every such game reserve. 



Save as provided in this Ordinance, or by any such Proclamation, any 

 person who, unless he is authorized by a special licence, hunts, kills, or 

 captures any animal whatever in a game reserve, or is found within a game 

 reserve under circumstances showing that he was unlawfully in pursuit of 

 any animal, shall be guilty of a breach of this Ordinance. 



11. There shall be an annual close-time for game in the Protectorate, 

 from the 15th March to the 15th June, both days inclusive, during which, 

 notwithstanding any authorization conferred on licence-holders under this 

 Ordinance, no game animals mentioned in the four Schedules annexed to 

 this Ordinance shall be hunted, killed, or captured. 



Licences. 



Fees 

 payable. 



Duration 

 of licence. 



Licences to Europeans^ etc. 



12. The following licences may be granted by the Commissioner, or 

 any District Officer or such person or persons as may be authorized by the 

 Commissioner, that is to say : — 



(i) A sportsman's licence; 



(2) A public officer's licence ; and 



(3) A settler's licence. 



The following fees shall be payable for licences, that is to say, for a 

 sportsman's licence, 500 rupees, and for a public officer's or a settler's 

 licence, 100 rupees. 



Every licence shall be in force for one year only from the date of issue. 



Provided that a public officer's licence may be granted for a single 



