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shall decide, according as the condition of the game or local 

 circumstances require, whether shooting any particular game 

 . . . shall be forbidden or limited, either over the entire 

 province or in certain districts, as well as how many head of 

 large game, male or female, may be killed, and how many 

 hares may be shot or taken in one day by one person, or how 

 many in a single battue ; and furthermore, they shall appoint 

 the time during which the decoy ducks shall be shut up. 



Art. 12. No licence or other special authority required 



(a) To permit the owner or other rightfully empowered 

 person to shoot in pleasure grounds, gardens or other grounds 

 enclosed by walls, screens, fences or canals. 



(6) To permit the shooting of destructive birds in gardens 

 or orchards by the owner or other rightful person, or by his 

 order. 



Art. 18. Shooting is prohibited 



(a) On Sundays. 



(6) Before sunrise and after sunset, with the exception 

 of the pursuit of such game as is referred to in Article 15, 

 letters e, /, g, and h, as also of duck shooting, which are 

 permitted for half an hour before sunrise, and half an hour 

 after sunset. 



(c) In time of snow, with the exception of the battues 

 referred to in Article 16, and of waterfowl shooting on the 

 sea-shore, and on the banks of rivers, marshes, etc., and of 

 the pursuit of such game as is referred to in Article 15, 

 letters g and h. 



Art. 22. It is forbidden to seek, pick up, sell, expose for 

 sale, or transport the eggs of game. 



Art. 27. Selling, exposing for sale, or transporting game 

 in close time is prohibited, except for fourteen days after the 

 closing. 



Even in the shooting season it is forbidden to carry or 

 transport game in fields, or away from public roads and foot- 

 paths, unless the person himself who is carrying the game, 

 or some one accompanying him, holds a licence, or unless he 



