BULLET AND SHOT 



males of any of the following animals within the limits 

 of any reserved or rented forest or of any fuel or fodder 

 reserve, grazing -ground or area under special fire -pro- 

 tection : 



(1) Bison or Gaur. (5) Antelope. 



(2) Sambhur. (6) Barking-deer. 



(3) Spotted-deer. (7) Four-horned deer. 



(4) Ibex. 



2. Unless with the sanction of Government, no person 

 shall kill, wound or shoot at any mature male sambhur or 

 spotted-deer if it is hornless or if its horns are in velvet. 



3. No person shall kill, wound, shoot at or capture pea- 

 hens at any time throughout the year or the hens of 

 jungle-fowl between the ist of March and the 1st of 

 October of each year. No person shall take the eggs of 

 pea-hens or of jungle -hens at any time throughout the 

 year. 



4. No person shall hunt, kill, wound or shoot at any 

 game as defined in Madras Act II. of 1879, within any 

 of the reserved or rented forests, fuel or fodder reserves, 

 grazing -grounds or areas under special fire protection 

 comprised within the aforesaid limits, until he has ob- 

 tained a license from the Collector of the Nilgiris. 



5. Any person may obtain from the Collector a license 

 to shoot game on payment of a fee of Rs. 30. The 

 Collector may refuse to grant a license only if the 

 applicant has been convicted of an offence against the 

 rules under the Forest Act relating to hunting, shooting 

 and fishing, or against the provisions of Act II. of 1879. 

 The license shall not be transferable and shall be available 

 only for the currency of the fasli year to which it relates, 

 whether it be taken out at the commencement of, or 

 during the currency of the year. 



The Collector of the Nilgiris shall, however, have 

 authority, at his discretion, to reduce the payment for 

 each license to Rs. 5 in the case of non-commissioned 

 officers and soldiers of Her Majesty's forces on proof to 



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