CAP.220,WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT - SUBSIDIARY LAW BELIZE
WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT CHAPTER 220
REVISED EDITION 2003 SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003
This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000.
ARRANGEMENT OF SUBSIDIARY LAWS
BELIZE
WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT CHAPTER 220
REVISED EDITION 2003 SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003
This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page
1. COCKSCOMB BASIN (CLOSED AREA FOR HUNTING) 3-7 REGULATIONS
2. GAME RESERVES ORDER 8-9
3. WILDLIFE PROTECTION REGULATIONS 10-12
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CHAPTER 220
COCKSCOMB BASIN (CLOSED AREA FOR HUNTING) REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
2. Closed area.
3. Penalty.
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COCKSCOMB BASIN (CLOSED AREA FOR HUNTING) REGULATIONS
(Section 11)
[8th December, 1984]
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
COCKSCOMB BASIN (CLOSED AREA FOR HUNTING) REGULATIONS.
2. The area more fully described in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be an area closed for hunting.
3. The hunting of any wildlife of any species in the said area is hereby prohibited. The contravention of the foregoing provisions of this Regulation shall constitute an offence and the offender shall be liable to punishment on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both such fine and imprisonment.
SCHEDULE
COCKSCOMB BASIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
ALL THAT piece or parcel of land lying and being in the Stann Creek District and being now or formerly National Lands and hereinafter referred to as the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and bounded on the North by the Cockscomb Range of Mountain the Victoria Peak, the southern boundaries of Estates Number 110 and 109 known as the Finish and Golden Pippin respectively and part of southern boundary of Estate number 108 known as Plenty shown on Government Property Map lodged in the Survey Department
Short title.
Closed area.
Penalty.
94/1984. 127 of 1990. Ch. 181.
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in Belmopan, on the East by part of the Western boundary of Hughes Estate numbered 111 on the said Government Property Map, on the South by National Lands and parts of the Western and Northern boundaries of Red Bank Estate numbered 115 on the said Government Property Map and on the West by part of the Main Divide and containing approximately 160 square miles and being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Southwest corner of the said estate numbered 110; thence easterly along the southern boundary of the said estate for a distance of 2150 metres more or less to the southwest corner of the said estate numbered 109; thence southeasterly along the southern boundary of the said numbered 109 estate for a distance of 3800 metres more or less to the southwestern corner of the estate numbered 108 hereinafter mentioned; thence southeasterly along the southern boundary of the said numbered 108 for a distance of 300 metres more or less to a point on the southern boundary of the estate 108 hereinafter mentioned; thence south for a distance of 650 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1856000 meters and easting 346500 metres; thence west for a distance of 1,000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1856000 metres and easting 345500 metres; thence south for a distance of 1000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1855000 metres and easting 345500 metres; thence west for a distance of 500 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1855000 metres and easting 345000 metres; thence south for a distance of 1,000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1854000 metres and easting 345000 metres; thence west for a distance of 2000 metres more or less having the coordinates of northing 1854000 metres, and easting 343000 metres; thence south for a distance of 1000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1853000 metres and easting 343000 metres, thence west for a distance of 3000 metres more or less to a point having U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1853000 metres and easting 340000 metres; thence south for a distance of 1000 metres more or less to a point having U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1852000 metres and easting 340000 metres; thence west for a distance of 1000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M.
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coordinates of northing 1852000 metres and easting 339000 metres; thence south for a distance of 1000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1851000 metres and easting 339000 metres; thence west for a distance of 2000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1851000 metres and easting 337000 metres; thence south for a distance of 2000 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1849000 metres and easting 337000 metres; thence east for a distance of 350 metres more or less to a point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1849000 metres and easting 337350 metres; thence southwesterly along a ridge for a distance of 3550 metres more or less to a point on the northern boundary of said Red Bank estate and the said point having the approximate U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1846700 metres and easting 334900 metres; thence north westerly along the said boundary for a distance of 2,778 metres more or less to the north west corner of the Red Bank Estate; thence southerly along the western boundary of the said Red Bank Estate for a distance of 1547 metres to another point; thence westerly along the extension of the said ridge for a distance of 5160 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1845700 metres and easting 328700 metres; thence north westerly along the extension of the said ridge for a distance of 3652 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1847050 metres and easting 326950 metres; thence south westerly along the extension of the said ridge for a distance of 1032 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1846500 metres and easting 326100 metres; thence westerly along the extension of the said ridge and across the Swasey Branch and along another ridge for a distance of 10,398 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1845300 metres and easting 315000 metres; thence westerly along the extension of the said ridge for a distance of 4460 metres more or less to a point on the Main Divide of THE MAYA MOUNTAINS having the approximate U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1845550 metres and easting 311150 metres; thence northerly along the said Main Divide for a distance of 20,519 metres more or less to another point having the U.TM. coordinates of northing 1859150 metres and easting 320450 metres; thence south for a distance of 800 metres more or less to another
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point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1858350 metres and easting 320475 metres; thence east for a distance of 12,625 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1858550 metres and easting of 333075 metres; thence north for a distance of 1,025 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1859550 metres and easting 333100 metres; thence along another ridge and across the Sittee Branch for a distance of 2,897 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1860275 metres and easting 333825 metres; thence easterly along another ridge and over a creek and along another ridge for a distance or 1,468 metres more or less to another point having the U.T.M. coordinates of northing 1860100 metres and easting 337325 metres; thence south easterly and then easterly along the extension of the said ridge for a distance of 4,167 metres more or less to the point of commencement.
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GAME RESERVES ORDER
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER
1. Short title.
2. Game reserve.
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CHAPTER 220
GAME RESERVES ORDER (Section 11)
1. This Proclamation may be cited as the
GAME RESERVES ORDER.
2. The area of land specified in the Schedule hereto shall be a game reserve.
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SCHEDULE
Game Reserve - Faber’s Lagoon Bird Sanctuary
All the area of national land in the Belize District which lies within a radius of one mile measured from the centre of Faber’s Lagoon excluding all lands leased and granted by the Crown in right of the Government of Belize.
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Ch. 127. Ch. 181.
Short title.
Game reserve.
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WILDLIFE PROTECTION REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
2. Close season for deer.
3. Close season for certain birds.
4. Lights prohibited.
5. Fish poison prohibited.
6. Licences.
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CHAPTER 220
WILDLIFE PROTECTION REGULATIONS (Section 11)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
WILDLIFE PROTECTION REGULATIONS.
2. The killing of deer or antelope with a view to the sale of the meat is prohibited from the 1st July of each year to the 30th September of the same year in the case of males and to the last day of February of the following year in the case of females.
3. The close season of the hunting of any bird specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Wildlife Protection Act, shall be from the 1st February to the 15th July in each year.
4. The use of any artificial light to facilitate the shooting of any animal is prohibited.
5. The use in hunting fish of any substance locally know as “fish poison” is prohibited.
6. (1) Applications for licences under the Wildlife Protection Act shall be made to the Game Warden who may at his discretion issue a licence on payment of the following fees:
A Dealer’s Licence .................................. $2,000.00 A Visiting-hunter Licence ......................... $ 100.00 A Local-hunter Licence ............................ $ 10.00 An Annual Game Licence-
To Nationals ................................ $ 500.00 To Others .................................... $1,000.00
Ch. 220. Ch. 127. 38/1980.
Short title.
Close season for deer.
Close season for certain birds.
Lights prohibited.
Fish poison prohibited.
Licences. 38/1980.
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(2) Licences shall be in the form and subject to the conditions and for the period as to the Game Warden may seem fit.
(3) Licences shall not be transferable.
(4) No licence shall shall be issued for a period exceeding one year from the date of issue.
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