Game Regulations : Uganda 



(7) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent 

 the sale, purchase, transfer, or export of elephant ivory 

 or hippopotamus tusks which have been obtained with- 

 out a contravention of this Ordinance. 



(8) When any animal mentioned in any of the 

 Schedules hereto is killed by accident, or when the 

 carcase or remains of any animal shall be found, the 

 head, horns, tusks, and feathers of such animal shall 

 belong to the Government ; 



Provided that the Commissioner may waive these 

 rights in any case as he may deem fit ; and, 



Provided that the Commissioner may direct the pay- 

 ment to any person or persons so killing or finding such 

 compensation as shall cover the cost of transport of any 

 ivory to the nearest station ; and, 



May direct rewards to be paid for the finding of 

 ivory. 



7. (i) Save as hereinafter provided, any person found 

 in possession of, or selling, transferring, or exporting, or 

 attempting to sell, transfer, or export any male ele- 

 phant's tusk weighing less than eleven pounds or any 

 female elephant's tusk, or any pieces of ivory which, in 

 the opinion of any officer engaged in the civil adminis- 

 tration of the Uganda Protectorate, formed part of a 

 male elephant's tusk under eleven pounds in weight, or 

 of a female elephant's tusk, shall be guilty of an offence, 

 and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 1000 rupees 

 or two months' imprisonment of either kind, or to both, 

 and the tusk or parts of a tusk shall be confiscated un- 

 less the Commissioner shall otherwise order. 



(2) Provided that the Commissioner or any person 

 authorized by the Commissioner in that behalf may 

 possess, sell, or transfer within the Uganda Protectorate 

 or may export from the Uganda Protectorate any ivory 

 belonging to the Government or confiscated under the 



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