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3. The killing or capture of birds with bright coloured plumage, of pea¬ 
fowl, and (except with, the special permission of Government; of antelope, is 
prohibited in all parts of the State for a period of three years from the 
coming of these rules into force. 
4. The following acts in respect of any stream or lake ' i.e ., tank) with a view 
to the capture or destruction of fish are forbidden, that is to say,—the poisoning 
of water, the placing or throwing of dynamite or other explosive or deleterious 
substance in water, the setting of fixed engines, and the use of nets having a mesh 
below two inches in the case of perennial streams and one inch in other cases. 
5. Deputy Commissioners are auhorised to declare, from time to time, by 
notification in Part II of the Mysore Gazette, all or any streams or lakes or any 
portion of the same to be closed against fishing, during any year or part of a year 
or during the spawning season and, in like manner, to prohibit for like period 
the capture or destruction of any particular species of fish therein. 
Explanation.— The spawning season is as follows : — 
as regards streams running to the west-coast—from 1st March to 31st 
August ; 
as regards streams running to the east-coast—from 1st May to 30th 
November ; 
in other cases—from 1st June to 31st December ; —both days inclusive. 
