CHAPTER
248
WILD ANIMALS (PROTECTION) |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Taking or capturing of wild animals prohibited. |
Licences to take, capture and export wild
animals. |
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SCHEDULE. |
CHAPTER 248 |
WILD ANIMALS
(PROTECTION) |
An Act to
make provision for the control of the taking and export of wild animals. | 21 of 1968
E.L.A.O., 1974 |
[Commencement 14th
August, 1968] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Wild Animals
(Protection) Act. | Short title. |
2. In this Act the following expressions have the
meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say- | Interpretation. |
"Minister"
means the Minister responsible for Wild Animals and Bird Protection. |
"section"
means section of this Act; |
"wild
animal" means any animal found living in a natural or feral state in The
Bahamas. |
3. (1) No person shall, except under and pursuant to a
licence from the Minister granted under section 4- | Taking or capturing of wild animals prohibited. |
(a) take or
capture, or attempt to take or capture, any wild animal specified in the Schedule; or |
(b) export, or
attempt to export, from The Bahamas, any wild animal. |
(2) Any person who
contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction therefor to a fine not
exceeding three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and the court may in addition
order that any wild animal in respect of which any such offence has been
committed shall forthwith be set at liberty. |
4. (1) The Minister may, in any case where, upon
receipt by him of an application in that behalf, he is satisfied that it is
expedient that a wild animal specified in the Schedule should be taken or
captured or, as the case may be, that a wild animal should be exported from The
Bahamas, in his discretion grant to any person a licence in writing for the
purpose. | Licences to take, capture and export wild animals. |
(2) Every licence
granted under the provisions of this section shall be subject to such terms and
conditions as the Minister may think fit, and any terms or conditions imposed
in relation to a licence shall be specified therein. |
5. The Minister may make regulations generally for
giving effect to the provisions of this Act, and, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, may, make regulations- | Regulations. |
(a) prescribing
the form of applications referred to in subsection (1) of section 4; |
(b) prescribing
the form of licences that may be issued under that section. |
6. The Minister may from time to time by order amend
the Schedule. | Amendment of Schedule. |
SCHEDULE (Sections 4, 6) |
1. Wild horses in
the Island of Abaco, that is to say, any member of the species Equus
Caballus in that Island in a state of nature, including the young of that
species. |
2. The Agouti or
Hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami). |
3. The Iguana (Cyclura
species). |