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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(3.) No person shall export or attempt to export opossum-skins (as hereinbefore defined) without the consent in writing of the Under-Secretary.

(4.) No person shall export or attempt to export opossum-skins unless they have been stamped with the appropriate official mark.

(5.) No person shall tan or otherwise preserve any skin or manufacture the same into coats, rugs, muffs, or other articles or prepare to tan or otherwise preserve the same, unless such skin bears the appropriate official mark.

10. LIBERATING OPOSSUMS.

(1.) No person shall liberate or harbour opossums in any area defined in the Second Schedule hereto or in any registered orchard or on any land within half a mile of such orchard.

(2.) No person shall liberate an opossum in any part of New Zealand without the previous express written consent of the Minister, and subject to such conditions as the Minister may in his discretion impose upon giving such consent.

11. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

(1.) No person shall at any time have possession of any opossum-skin which does not bear an official mark thereon; provided, however, that it shall not be a breach of this regulation to have possession of any such skin—

(a.) Within one month from the date on which the same was taken, if the same is lawfully taken in any of the places mentioned in clause (6) of Regulation 2 hereof, or taken pursuant to clause (6) or clause (8) of Regulation 2 hereof.

(b.) At any time within one month from the closing date of the open season in that part of New Zealand in which the open season closes latest; provided such skin has been lawfully taken in the same year during an open season in any part of New Zealand; or

(c.) At any time within one month from the date of importation if the same is imported;

and provided also that the Under-Secretary may extend such periods subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose.

(2.) It shall be an offence for any person to perforate or otherwise stamp or mark an opossum-skin in such a way as to suggest that an official mark has been affixed or for any person other than an authorized officer to have in his possession or on his premises any stamping machine, device, tool, or other instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting an official mark, and every such offence shall be punishable by a fine of £20 in addition to forfeiture of the stamping machine, device, tool, or other instrument, and the skin or skins stamped or attempted or intended to be stamped therewith, or of the skin or skins concerned, as the case may be. Such stamping machine, device, tool, or other instrument and the skin or skins marked or attempted or intended to be marked therewith, or such skin or skins concerned, as the case may be, may at any time be seized by a ranger and, if so seized, shall either upon the conviction of such person or if such person cannot be traced, be forfeited to and become the property of the Crown.

(3.) Every person carrying on the business of tanner or skin-preserver receiving opossum-skins not bearing an official mark shall forthwith, after his receiving the same, forward the name and address of the person from whom the skins were received to the Under-Secretary.

(4.) Except as provided in the said Act or in these regulations, no person shall sell opossum-skins, or have opossums or opossum-skins in his possession:

Provided that the Minister may authorize the keeping of live opossums in possession subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

(5.) All opossum-skins in the possession of any person shall, on demand by any constable, officer of an acclimatization society, ranger, or authorized officer, be produced for inspection; and any person illegally in possession of skins is liable on conviction to a fine of £10, and to a further fine of £5 for each skin found in his possession; and such skins may at any time be seized by a ranger, and, if so seized, shall, either upon the conviction of such person or if such person cannot be traced, be forfeited to and become the property of the Crown.

(6.) Any ranger may seize any opossums or opossum-skins in respect of which he has reason to believe an offence against these regulations has been committed.

(7.) Any person who commits a breach of any of the above regulations, if no other penalty is provided therein, is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding £20 in each case, and any opossums, opossum-skins, traps, or other contrivances used for the taking of opossums then in his possession and in respect of which any breach of these regulations has been committed and which have been lawfully seized by a ranger under the said Act or this regulation shall be forfeited to and become the property of the Crown.

12. DISPOSAL OF REVENUE.

(1.) There shall be paid to the registered acclimatization societies in whose districts opossums were taken or killed such proportion of the fees, fines, and royalties as may be decided by the Governor-General in Council.

(2.) Any opossums, opossum-skins, traps, or other contrivances used for the taking of opossums or any stamping machine, device, tool, or other instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting the official mark forfeited to the Crown under the provisions of these regulations shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner and under such conditions as the Minister may direct.

(3.) All moneys derived from the disposal of anything sold pursuant to this regulation shall be paid into the Public Account, and there shall be paid to the registered acclimatization societies in whose districts anything sold was seized such proportion of the said moneys as may be decided by the Governor-General in Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

[Form No. 1.

LICENSE TO TAKE OR KILL OPOSSUMS.

[Name in full], of [Residence and calling], having this day paid the sum of __, is hereby authorized to take or kill opossums within the __ Acclimatization District from the __ day of __, 192, to the __ day of __, 192____ (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of Part III of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, and the regulations made thereunder.

Dated at __ this __ day of __, 192____.

[Signature.]

NOTE.—The attention of trappers is drawn to Regulation 5 (Trapper’s Statement).

[Form No. 2.

THE STATEMENT TO ACCOMPANY SKINS.

• If no license, authority under which opossums were taken to be stated.

[Signature of Trapper.]

I hereby certify to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the above statement is correct.

[Signature of Ranger, or Secretary of Acclimatization Society, or Postmaster, or Government Tourist Agent at Rotorua, or Ranger of the Tourist Department, or Officer of the State Forest Service.

Date:

[Form No. 3.

New Zealand.

APPLICATION FOR BROKER’S LICENSE UNDER PART III OF THE ANIMALS PROTECTION AND GAME ACT, 1921–22.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the above-mentioned Act, and the regulations made thereunder, I, [Name in full and address], hereby make application on my own behalf [or on behalf of the firm of __, of which I am a member; or on behalf of (Name of registered company), whose written authority authorizing me to apply for and hold a license under the said Act is hereto annexed, marked “A”] for a broker’s license in the name of [State person, firm, or company in whose name it is desired that the license be issued.]

My place of business is [State full particulars as to place or places of business].

[In the case of a firm, add :] The full names and addresses of all the partners in the above-named firm are [State names and addresses].

Dated at __ this __ day of __, 192____.

[Signature of Applicant.]