142 DIGEST OF GAME LAWS FOR 1901. 
Saleof hares: [Skc. J .S, N<> person shall hunt, take, kill, woiiinl, sell, })arter, receive, 
purchase, or t;ive away, any wild rabbit or 1iar(», within this colony and its depen- 
(lencies, from the first day of March until the fifteenth day of September in any year, 
under a penalty of twenty-five dollars, and, in default of payment, to he imprisoned 
for a period not exceeding one calendar month: * * * Provided also, that with 
the permission of a ISIaj^istrate such rabbit or hare may be taken alive at any time 
and in any district for the purpose of propaj^ating the species. 
Acts of 1899, 62 and 63 Vic, cap. 18, pp. 222-225. 
Export: [Sec] Hi. Save as excepted by this Act no i)erson shall export the 
carcase or skin or any part thereof of any caribou, nor shall the owner, master, officers 
or crew of any vessel permit the exportation therein of the carcase or skin or any 
part thereof of any caribou, except by a licensee, and under a permit of a Customs' 
Officer. 
Export under license: [Sec] 17. {«() A person holding a license under this Act 
may export a carcase and antlers, skin or any part of any caribou killed under the 
said license, upon entering the same at some Custom House for exportation and 
receiving a permit therefor. Such person shall make oath or affirmation, specifying 
the (|uantity and quality of the articles which he is about to export, and that the 
same are portions of caribou kille<l under license held by him, specifying the person 
from whom he obtained the said license, and the date thereof, and that the arti(;les 
about to l)e exported are not being exported as articles of commerce, and the licensee 
shall thereupon pay a fee of fifty cents to the Officer of Customs before whom such 
export entry is made, which fee the said Officer is hereby authorized to retain. 
(6) A person not a licensee, but domiciled in this Colony, may export the antlers, 
head or skin of a caribou upon entering the same for exportation at a Custom House 
in the Colony and receiving a special permit therefor. Such permit shall not be 
granted except upon an affidavit made before the Customs' Officer to whom applica- 
tion for a permit is made, stating the name of the owner of the article to be exported, 
its destination, and the person from whom and place where it was obtained. The 
affidavit shall be transmitted by the Officer of Customs to the Department of Finance 
and Customs. 
Propagation: [Sec] 21. It shall be lawful for the Minister of Marine and Fish- 
eries to authorize the capture and exportation of caribou alive and the killing and 
exportation of caribou, or any part thereof, for the purj)ose of sale and of exchange 
to and with game societies or to museums, societies or institutions in other countries, 
despite any Act forbidding the exportation thereof; and the Minister of Marine and 
Fisheries may expend any portion of the fund derived heremider from licenses in 
purchasing game birds or the eggs of game birds, or moose or elk or other wild 
animals f(jr the purpose of increasing and improving game. 
[Sec] 24. Any person who shall be convicted of any violation of the provisions 
of this Act shall thereafter be incapable of receiving a license under this Act. 
Penalties: [Sec] 28. Any person who shall violate any section of this Act for 
which no other penalty is herein ])rovided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five 
hundred dollars, and in default of payment to imprisonment for any period not 
exceeding six months. If the master, owner, officers or crew of any vessel be con- 
victed of a violation of section sixteen, the penalty for such violation shall constitute a 
claim against the said vessel, and become a lien thereon, and may be collected and 
enforced ))y the seizure, confiscation and sale of the said vessel despite any change 
of registry or ownership between the date of the office [offence] and the seizure of the 
vessel. 
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