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Wild Animals and Birds (Sanctuary) Act (Cap. 339).

Country/Territory
Grenada
Document type
Legislation
Date
1928 (1963)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to establish the Grand Etang Forest Reserve as a sanctuary for wild animals and birds.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Management/conservation Protected area Reptiles Birds Offences/penalties Protection of species
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act establishes the Crown lands described as the Grand Etang Forest Reserve as a sanctuary for the wild animals and birds of Grenada. Any person who kills, wounds or takes a wild animal or bird or attempts to do, or sets a trap, snare, etc., or carries any firearm in the sanctuary, shall be guilty of an offence. Prosecution shall be sanctioned by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Minister may, for such period and subject to such conditions as he or she thinks fit, authorize any person either for scientific purposes or for the purpose of reducing the number of wild animals in the Reserve, or in any other Forest Reserve in Grenada, to carry firearms, to set snares and traps and to kill or take any wild animal or bird.

Full text
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