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(a) Trap game in any manner whatever or take any game by
means of traps or by any means other than by shooting
with a shotgun:

Provided that a dog may be used in conjunction with a
shotgun for the purpose of finding, flushing, or retrieving
any game:

(b) Erect or set any trap, net, snare, or other device for the
purpose of taking any game:

(c) Hunt or kill any game with—
(i) Any swivel gun or punt gun; or
(ii) Repealed
(iii) Any shotgun having a magazine of any type, unless
the magazine is so adjusted in accordance with regula-
tions made under this Act that the magazine is incapable
of holding more than one shell; or
(iv) Any shotgun other than a shoulder gun; or
(v) Any shotgun the gauge of which is greater than that
known as 12 gauge:

(d) Use with any shotgun used for the purpose of hunting or
killing game—
(i) Any apparatus used for the purpose of silencing
the report of a shotgun; or
(ii) Any cartridge of a length exceeding 2¼ inches:

(e) In hunting or killing any game from any stand, hide, shelter,
maimai, mudhole, boat, louvre, or other contrivance, use
more than one shotgun:

Provided that any person so engaged may have one, and
not more than one, further shotgun in a condition not
immediately suitable for use and held for use only in the
event of the first shotgun becoming damaged or other-
wise unfit for use:

(f) For the purpose of hunting or killing any game use—
(i) Any live decoy; or
(ii) Repealed
(iii) Any cylinder or mudhole or similar device in any
lake, lagoon, pond, river, estuary, or other open water,
whether natural or artificially constructed, unless the
sides of the cylinder or mudhole or device project not
less than 2 feet above the surface of the water; or
(iv) Any aircraft, motor vehicle, or other vehicle pro-
pelled by mechanical power:

Provided that nothing in this subparagraph shall be
deemed to prevent any person from using any aircraft
or vehicle for the purpose of travelling generally or
to any place where he intends to hunt or kill game or
of returning from any such place; or

(v) On any lake, lagoon, pond, river, estuary, or
other water (whether natural or artificially constructed),
any vessel (other than a rowboat) in driving, chasing,
unduly disturbing, putting to flight, or stalking any
game, whether by himself or by any other person:

Provided that nothing in this subparagraph shall be
deemed to prevent any person from using any vessel for
camping purposes or for the purpose of travelling
generally or to any place where he intends to kill or
hunt game or of returning from any such place, or,
subject to the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph
and to the provisions of subparagraph (vi) of this para-
graph, to prohibit shooting from a moored vessel or to
prohibit the use of any vessel for the purpose of retrieving
game that has been killed or wounded; or

(vi) Any unmoored floating stand, hide, shelter, maimai,
or louvre, or any unmoored boat artificially dressed or
covered in any way:

(g) By any means spread oil on any water for the purpose of
hunting or killing any game or for the purpose of preventing
game from alighting on that water or any part
thereof:

(h) Use any light for the purpose of hunting or killing any
game.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this
section—
"Decoy" includes any dead game that is so placed or arranged
as to simulate the appearance of live game:
"Row boat" means any vessel that for the time being is wholly
propelled by oars or paddles or poles:
"Vessel" includes any launch, boat, canoe, punt, or other
similar craft, whether propelled by mechanical power or
not.

Licences

Wildlife Act 1953, Section 19

(1) No person shall hunt or kill game of any species during an
open season in any district unless he is the holder of a licence under
this Act to hunt or kill game of that species available in that
district during that season.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, every
person commits an offence against this Act who, not being the
holder of such a licence, hunts or kills any game during any open
season.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this
section, the occupier of any land, and the wife or husband and any
one son or daughter of the occupier, may, during an open season,
hunt or kill on that land without a licence (but subject to all other
restrictions imposed by or under this Act) any game that may
lawfully be hunted or killed under a licence in the district within
the boundaries of which that land is situated.

Wildlife Act 1953, Section 20

Nothing in any licence to hunt or kill game shall authorise the
holder to hunt or kill game on any land actually and exclusively used
by any society for the purposes of this Act or on any wildlife
sanctuary, wildlife refuge, or closed game area or on any public
domain or recreation reserve within the meaning of the Reserves
and Domains Act 1953 or on any reserve within the meaning of
Part IV of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953.

Wildlife Act 1953, Section 21

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, nothing in
any licence or other authority under this Act shall entitle the
holder to enter upon any land without the consent of the occupier
of the land.

Shooting of Game Not in Flight Prohibited

Wildlife Act 1953, Section 22

(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 53 and 54 of this Act,
no person shall shoot at or attempt to shoot at any game bird not
in flight:

Provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit the killing
by shooting when not in flight of any game bird already wounded by
shooting.

(2) For the purposes of this section—
(a) A bird shall be deemed to be not in flight at any time when
it is alighting on or rising from any water or land or any
vegetation or structure in or on any water or on any land
and any part of the bird is in contact with the water or
land or vegetation or structure:

(b) Subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection, a bird shall
be deemed to be in flight at all times when it is airborne
including times when it is soaring or banking or swooping,
and whether its wings are in motion or not.

(Sections 53 and 54 of the Act referred to in (1) above empowers
the Secretary to, among other things, authorise the taking or
killing of game for certain purposes during the period when it is
not otherwise permitted.)

Sale of Game or Eggs of Game Prohibited

Wildlife Act 1953, Section 23

(1) Except with the prior consent of the Secretary, no person
shall—

(a) Buy or sell any game or the eggs of any game:
(b) For sale or for hire, gain, or reward, or hope thereof,
hunt or kill any game or have any game or the eggs of any
game in his possession:

(c) Induce any other person to hunt or kill game for the purposes
of sale or have any game or the eggs of any game in his
possession for the purposes of sale.

Provided that it shall be lawful for any person, pursuant to the
prior written authority of the Secretary, and subject to such
conditions as may be prescribed therein, to propagate game or to
buy or sell game held for the purpose of propagating game or
reared pursuant to any such authority, or to take and sell or to
buy the eggs of any game to which any such authority relates.

Sale of Shooting Rights Prohibited

Wildlife Act 1953, Section 23

(2) No person shall sell or let for fee or reward any right to
hunt or kill game on any land or on any water on or adjoining any
land.

(3) Where any person for rent or other valuable consideration
grants a lease or licence of any duration of land on which or on
water adjoining which game is usually prevalent, he shall be deemed
for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section to have let the
right to hunt or kill game on that land or on that water, as the
case may be, if the Court, having regard to all the circumstances
of the case, is satisfied that the sole or principal purpose of the
lease or licence was to confer on the lessee or licensee the right
to hunt or kill game on that land or water.

Disturbing Domestic Animals

Trespass Act 1968, Section 5

5. Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
   conviction to a fine not exceeding $100 who goes on to any private
   land without the authority of the occupier or other lawful authority,
   and—

(a) By means of dog, firearm, or vehicle disturbs any domestic
animal thereon; or

(b) Wilfully or recklessly disturbs any domestic animal thereon.

The Wildlife Regulations 1955

Licences and Licence Fees

6. Every applicant for a licence shall furnish his true full name
   and usual address to the person to whom the application is made,
   and that information shall be set out in the licence.