364 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



2. — (1) The following plumage is excepted from the prohibition 

 on importation under this Act : — 



(a) The plumage of birds for the time being included in the 



Schedule to this Act [i. e. Ostriches, Eider Ducks] : 

 (h) The plumage of birds imported alive : 



(c) The plumage of birds imported under a licence granted under 



this Act for the purpose of supplying specimens for any- 

 natural history or other museum, or for the purpose' of 

 scientitic research : 



(d) The plumage of wild birds ordinarily' used as articles of diet 



and imported for that purpose. 



(2) His Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time add 

 the name of any bird to the Schedule to this Act or remove the name 

 of any bird from that Schedule. 



(3) The Board of Trade fhall grant a licence under such conditions 

 and regulations as they think fit to any person to import specimens of 

 birds for any natural history or other museum, or for the purpose of 

 scientific research. 



(4) Any importer claiming an exemption under this section for any 

 plumage on the ground that it is to be put to a certain use shall deliver 

 to an officer of the Customs and Excise, if required by any such ofiicer, 

 on importation a written declaration of the purpose for which it is 

 imported. 



3. Where the court is satisfied in any proceedings under this Act, 

 that any plumage is the plumage of a bird which is never or rarely found 

 alive in a wild state in the United Kingdom, the plumage shall be 

 deemed to be imported in contravention of this Act unless the contrary 

 is proved. 



4. In this Act — 



The expression " plumage " includes the skin or body of a bird 



with the plumage on it; 

 Thp expression " sell " includes exchange and let out on hire ; 

 Tht expression "importer" has the same meaning as in the 



Customs Consolidation Act, 1876. 



5. This Act may be cited as the Importation of Plumage (Pro- 

 hibition) Act, 1914, and shall come into operation on the first day of 

 January nineteen hundred and fifteen. 



