Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



(2) The Commissioner may by Proclamation order 

 any area in the Uganda Protectorate to be closed for 

 any period specified in the Proclamation in respect of 

 the killing or capturing of any or all species of wild 

 birds. 



(3) Any person who shall kill or capture or attempt 

 to kill or capture by any means whatsoever or who shall 

 have in his possession any wild bird captured in con- 

 travention of sub-section 2 of this section within the area 

 to which such Proclamation is applied and within the 

 period specified therein shall be guilty of an offence 

 under this Ordinance. 



Provided that no person shall be liable to be convicted 

 under the provisions of sub-section 3 of this section for 

 the unlawful possession of such wild bird if he satisfies 

 the Court before which he is charged either that : — 



(a) The killing or capturing of such wild bird, if in a 

 place with regard to which the provisions of sub-section 

 2 of this section have been applied was lawful at the 

 time when and by the person by whom it was killed or 

 captured, or 



(d) The wild bird was killed or captured in some 

 place to which the provisions of sub-section 2 of this 

 section was not applied. 



24. No person shall be entitled to hunt, kill, or cap- 

 ture animals mentioned in the schedules on private 

 lands in the occupation of another person other than his 

 employer, unless he is duly licensed under the provisions 

 of this Ordinance. 



25, Where it appears proper to the Commissioner for 

 scientific or administrative reasons, he may grant a 

 special license to any person, not being a native, to kill 

 or capture animals of any one or more species mentioned 

 in any of the Schedules ; or, to kill, hunt, or capture in 

 a game reserve specified beasts or birds of prey, or other 



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