GAME LAWS AND RULES OF THE MADRAS 

 PRESIDENCY AND THE NILGIRI HILLS. 



MADRAS ACT No. II. OF 1879. 



An Act to provide for the protection of Game and Acclimatised Fish 

 in the District of the Nilgiris in the Madras Presidency. 



WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the protection 



of wild animals and birds used for food 



and of acclimatised fish, and to prohibit 



the killing, capturing, and selling game and acclimatised 



fish in the district known as the Nilgiris, as described in 



the Schedule hereto appended, under certain conditions. 



It is hereby enacted as follows : 



1. This Act may be called "The Nilgiris Game and 



Fish Preservation Act, 1879" ; and it shall 

 Title and local ex- cQme j nto operation in the district afore- 

 said, or such parts thereof, and from such 

 dates as the Governor in Council may from time to time 

 declare by notification in the Fort St. George Gazette. 



2. In this Act the word " game " shall include bison, 



sambhur, ibex, jungle-sheep, deer of all 

 descriptions, hares, jungle-fowl, pea-fowl, 

 partridge, quail, spur - fowl, snipe and 

 woodcock, or such birds or animals as the Governor in 

 Council may deem fit to specify by notification from time 

 to time in the Fort St. George Gazette. 



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