Section 19: Hunting of game

19. Hunting of game (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), and to section 18, no person shall hunt— (a) any game— (i) unless he is the holder of a current game licence issued by the Commissioner under the Firearms Act; (ii) from a vehicle; or (iii) with the aid of artificial light; (b) any prescribed game at any time other than during the period prescribed in relation thereto; or (c) any deer— (i) with a firearm of 0.22 or smaller calibre; (ii) with a shotgun loaded with lead shot. (1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and section 4 (1) of the Firearms Act, any person who is a next-of-kin of a firearm licensee may hunt game under the supervision of a firearm licensee, subject to that person holding— (a) a Competency Certificate under that Act; and (b) a game licence. (2) The Commissioner of Police may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, authorise a person to hunt game for scientific purposes or for game management purposes at any time of the year and by any method which he may approve. (3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a person or anyone authorised by him may hunt any game found straying on any cultivated portion of that person’s land or damaging that person’s crop. (b) Where a person, acting under paragraph (a), kills any game, that person shall forthwith send the carcass to the nearest police station, and the police officer in charge of the station shall forward the carcass to a social security officer for disposal. (4) (a) An authorised officer may require the carcass of any game to be marked for identification purposes. (b) No person shall deface any mark placed on the carcass of game under paragraph (a). [S. 19 amended by s. 49 (2) (a) of Act 2 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 September 2007.] 20. — [S. 20 repealed by s. 49 (2) (b) of Act 2 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 September 2007.] [Issue 1] W6 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius