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time, to be stated in such proclamation, in such parts of Tasmania 

 as may be described and set forth in such proclamation ; and every 

 person acting in contravention of such proclamation shall be liable 

 to the like penalty as if he had offended against the next section, 

 of this Act. * 



10. If any person kills, takes, or captures, or has in his 

 possession or control (whether on his own land or on that of 

 any other person), any native game during the breeding season 

 of such game, such person shall for every head of native game 

 so killed, taken, or captured by him, or so found in his possession 

 or control, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding Two Pounds; 

 but nothing in this section contained shall apply to any person 

 keeping native game in a mew or breeding place for breeding 

 purposes, or to any person in whose possession or control any dead 

 native game is found, and who proves that the same was not 

 killed during the breeding season of such game. 



11. Whoever at any time 



(1) Kills or attempts to kill or destroy any Wild Ducks, 



Teal, Widgeon, Black Swans, or Cape Barren Geese, 

 with any device or instrument known as a swivel or 

 punt gun, or with any gun other than such guns as are 

 habitually raised at arms' length and fired from the 

 shoulder, or 



(2) Uses or attempts to use any decoy duck (whether arti- 



ficial or not) or similar device, for the purpose of taking 

 or killing any Wild Ducks, Teal, or Widgeon, shall be 

 guilty of an offence against this Act. 

 Penalty : Five Pounds. 



12. Whoever takes or wilfully destroys the eggs of any native 

 game shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. 



Penalty : One pound for every egg taken or wilfully destroyed. 



13. Whoever takes or wilfully destroys the eggs of any Mutton- 

 Bird shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. 



Penalty : One pound for every such egg taken or wilfully 

 destroyed as aforesaid. 



14. Whoever, without the written consent of a police magis- 

 trate or two justices, buys, sells, or offers for sale any of the birds 

 enumerated in the Schedule (2) of this Act, whether dead or alive, 

 shall be guilty of an offence against this Act for every such bird 

 so bought, sold, or offered for sale : Provided that this section shall 

 not apply to Pheasants, Partridges, or Grouse in a mew. 



Penalty : One pound. 



15. Whoever shoots at or wilfully kills any of the birds 

 enumerated in the Schedule (2), or takes or destroys the nest or 

 eggs, or takes the young of any of the birds enumerated in the 

 said Schedule, without the written consent of a police magistrate 



