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the game can take refuge is so extensive that there is no danger 

 of its extermination. In the Reserved Forests extending over 

 one-third of the State, hunting and shooting are only permitted 

 after a license has been obtained." 



IV, The Proposed Indian Game Act, 



I shall now briefly glance at the provisions of the New Indian 

 Game Protection Act, 



The following is an abstract of the Proposed Indian Game 

 Protection Act : — ■. 



1. (1) To be called the Game Protection Act. 



(2) Includes all India, Baluchistan, Santhal Parganas, and 



Spiti. 



(3) To come into force when published in the Gazette of 



India. 



2. "Game" and "large animal" to have meanings defined by 



Local Governments. In the absence of such definitions they 

 shall mean : — 



(a) Game : The following in their wild state : — 



(I.) All pigeons and sandgrouse. 

 (II,) Peafowl, jungle-fowl, pheasants, partridges, quail, 

 spurfowl, florican, and their congeners. 

 (III.) Geese, ducks, and their congeners. 

 (lY.) Woodcock and snipe. 



(V.) Hares. 

 (VI.) Asses, all kinds of rhinoceros, bufialo, bison, oxen ; 

 all kinds of sheep, goats, antelopes, and their 

 congeners ; all kinds of gazelles and deer. 

 (VII.) Any other animals the Local Government may 

 notify. 



(b) (I.) " Large animal " shall mean any animal included in 



subclause (VI.) above. 

 (II.) " Specified kind " means any kind of game, lai-ge 

 animal, or fish, distinguished by species, 

 immaturity, or sex. 



3. This Act does not affect : — 



(a) The pursuit, capture, or killing of : — 



(I.) Game by non-commissioned ofiicers or soldiers, on 



whose behalf regulations have been made. 

 (II.) Any animal for which a reward may be claimed 

 from Government, 

 (III.) Any large animal in self-defence, 

 (IV.) Any large animal by a cultivator or his servants, 

 whose crops it is injuring. 



(b) Anything done under license for possessing arms a,nd 



ammunition to protect crops, or for desti'oying dangerous 

 animals, under the Indian Arms Act (XI. of 1878). 



