The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the hunting Act Chapter 1 General provisions article 1. The law is applied in the following terms: 1) hunting areas: game for free accommodation in valid and hunting area used;
2) wild game, wild mammals and birds living where the treatment products used in the economy;
3) hunting fund – the money hunting farms;
4) hunting resources — all territory of Latvia wild game;
5) hunting-farm natural resources system that simultaneously with the hunting production yields provide the economically pieļaujām the number of animals in the wild and preserved the required environment; 6) and specially protected natural areas, to be areas laid down by the Parliament or the Cabinet of Ministers regulations;
7) hunting permit: a document that allows you to hunt for limitēto or not limitēto game site specified in the licence;
8) limited — the wild game animals that hunt for issuing hunting licences, which provides only one specimen hunting;
9) limited — the wild game animals that hunt for seasonal hunting permits shall be issued;
10)-use planning project hunting: national forest service developed a document that provides a continuous assessment of the area of hunting and hunting resource use;
11) hunting station — continuous hunting area, which managed one game user;
12) hunting station management project: hunting user designed and with hunting-use planning project a coherent document about wild animal care organization and hunting resources hunting station;
13) gludstobr of hunting firearms, shotguns with barrel one or more barrels, and vītņstobr of the combined rifles carbine, rechargeable with hunting ammunition;
14) hunting ammunition-archery hunting weapon equipped cartridge consisting of shells with gunpowder and projectiles, kapsel (hunting bullets, shot, renkuļ);
15) allowed hunting tools, national forest service issued hunting permits the type specified in the trap, traps, and other tools;
16) hunting trophies, game the horns together with skull (augšžokl or brow bone), tusks, skulls and fur;
17) hunting rights owner or to the land — land ownership in the land register, the strengthening of the land user whose property or use the existing land law includes adequate hunting area;
18) hunting user — hunting rights owner or other person lawfully on the basis of the Treaty hunting rights owner betrayed their hunting rights and who deal with the hunting farm organization;
19) hunting regulations: Cabinet approved legal act of hunting.
2. article. The hunting Act lays down the basic rules of hunting farms of the Republic of Latvia.
3. article. For hunting shall be performance, which is hunt down, catching and killing wild game hunting areas, as well as strolling the orphan pets (dogs, cats) and, upon written request of the owner of the rights to the user hunt-izbēgušo for livestock.
4. article. (1) the hunting resources in Latvia are managed (listed and protected). Supervision over the use of wild game and protection by the State forest service and environmental protection and the Ministry of regional development institutions and to the Cabinet.
(2) wild game becomes a natural or legal person property only after they have hunted this law and hunting regulations.
(3) hunting resources should be used to prevent injury being caused to the other activity, game species, the gene pool and urban environmental protection and conservation.
5. article. Hunting areas in the territory of Latvia shall determine the national forest service. They divided the hunting rights of the owner and the hunting areas.
6. article. (1) organize hunting hunting farms of the user, but hunting, hunting-use planning project and hunting station management control of the implementation of the project for the State Forestry Department.
(2) the County Council or City Council its administrative territory, may participate in the organisation of hunting farms.
The second chapter of the HUNTER's license and hunting rights article 7. (1) the Hunter's license is the basic document that gives right to hunt, to buy hunting guns and get hunting permits. Hunting firearms purchase, registration, storage and enforcement procedures shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers, but their use in order to hunt, hunt.
(2) hunting with firearms are allowed only if they are registered in the national police bodies as hunting firearms.
(3) hunting only permitted hunting ammunition.
8. article. (1) the hunting licence may obtain the citizens of Latvia who have reached the age of 18. Hunter's certificate is issued by the national forest service virsmežniecīb in settled after Hunter's examining board examinations. The amount of knowledge of hunting. Hunter's certificate is valid for the entire territory of Latvia.
(2) the examining Board of the hunters by the State Forest Service approved on the recommendation of the District Council or the City Council of the Republic, the national forest service, environmental protection, State police experts, as well as representatives of the society of hunters. The examination Commission is financed by the State forest service, determining the fee for the exam and the Hunter's license.
(3) the exam results are drawn. Other test game for the purchase of firearms for hunting is necessary.
9. article. (1) Of this law, as well as hunting regulations hunters ' examination the Commission shall be entitled to withdraw or to rule the Hunter's license. The question of the imposition of the fine and the Hunter's license annulment proposes national forest service or the Hunter organization established in accordance with article 10 of this law. Hunter examination Commission decisions can be appealed in court.
(2) the cancellation of a licence For hunting or imprisonment for a term is informed the national police authority.
10. article. The population of the Republic of Latvia, which is hunt testimony, may hunt or individual may voluntarily join the hunting associations and other statutory public organizations.

11. article. Representation for the organisation of hunting national forest service pakjautīb running a non-profit organization — the State of the holding where hunting Statute approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. With the Hunt (also entertainment hunting) associated costs borne by hunting the Knower, the natural or legal person — from its own funds.
12. article. The Organization of hunting animals for the purpose of regulating the use of specially protected natural territories and establish this law, other laws, as well as hunting.
13. article. Foreign nationals if they have a State of the Republic of Latvia, the forest service and their State issued a hunting document, the territory of Latvia are allowed to hunt in accordance with this law and hunting regulations.
14. article. (1) in the area of hunting property hunt governed the use of contracts concluded with the owner of the hunting rights to users. These agreements are hunting the circuit management project. Hunting rights, the user can start to hunt the farm after a hunting station management project is registered in the national virsmežniecīb.
(2) hunting rights the user is prohibited from hunting rights pass on to a third party, except as provided in this detour.
15. article. Hunting area use the law in order in noteiktj terminated. Hunting bear hunting user recovery expenses if its activities in these resources samazinājušiesun if such benefits are provided in the contract.
The third chapter game hunting and HUNTING permit PROCEDURE for article 16. (1) minimum hunting areas are allowed to hunt in limitēto game hunting station concerned are: 1) the deer hunting, not less than 200 hectares of forest, including all the land and fenced agricultural land;
2) hogs, cows and heifers of deer hunting, not less 1000 hectares;
3) deer hunting for bulls, not less than 2000 hectares;
4) elk hunting, not less than 2500 hectares of areas where the hunt-use planning project recorded as elk farm, and 5000hektār in the areas mentioned in the project as recorded in the Red Deer farm.
(2) for elk, deer and wild boar hunting areas including forest arrays or parts and some of the more than 30 hectares of forest.
(3) If the first and second parts of the rules do not allow hunting, the hunting rights users may enter into reciprocal arrangements for limited species of wild game hunting organization-use planning of care project. 
Article 17. Maximum number of limitējam to the hunting of wild game hunting area every year by the State forest service in accordance with hunting-use planning project.
18. article. For hunting permits and for permission to export hunting trophies from the Republic of Latvia is to pay the State fee. Hunting trophies from the Republic of Latvia may leave the hunting rules.
19. article. (1) for the development of hunting farms hunting Fund is created, which is separated from forestry development fund and which funds regulated by the Cabinet of Ministers approved the regulations of the Fund.
(2) hunting Fund shall consist of: 1) income from hunting permission marketing;
2) penalties for this Act and hunting offences;
3) compensation for hunting resources zaudejum damage;
4) income earned, realizing the confiscated firearms hunting hunting gear and hunting products;
5) fee for hunting trophies and hunting products from the Republic of Latvia;
6) donations;
7) all income from public hunting area rentals.
20. article. (1) Limited the hunting of wild game hunting law permits users to hunting season start in the State forest service authorities in the relevant territory controlled hunting area. The national forest service has the right to use hunting permits national forests, not exceeding five percent of the annual hunting of animals in the highest allowable number.
(2) the national forest service may issue a hunting permit outside the time limit and above the amount of hunting in exceptional cases, when the farming and forestry have suffered great damage.
(3) hunting rights user may hunt without limitēto the game only after receiving the national forestry issued hunting permits.
The fourth chapter, the HUNTING of wild game hunting periods and types of article 21. (1) a list of wild game hunting and hunting types determine hunting regulations.
(2) hunting aimed at combating the disease, prohibit not the land owner or user, not the hunting rights user.
22. article. (1) any hunting above should log on local country wood. The hunting process in the control of virsmežzin, a national forest, or their designated national forest service employee.
(2) hunting with traps may be the only State Forest Service written permission.
23. article. An illegal hunt admits: 1) in terms of hunting and the time of day, which does not comply with the rules of the hunt;
2} hunting without hunting licence (this does not apply to engines), hunting permits and hunting firearms use permits;
3) hunting, if hunting permit is not filled in where the game animals hunted is limited or wounded;
4) hunting prohibited areas;
5) hunting without the owner or user of the land and hunting rights in the user consent;
6) hunting in apstākjo, when animals escape from natural disasters;
7) hunting, using night sights, which is based on the human eye no visible radiation, as well as a laser or similar type optical sights (except type of filament lighting devices);
8) being in the hunt area if the person is not logged on to the local public in the wood, but it is ready for use (or the corresponding compound covers non-inserted) or iīdz is a gun trap. snares or other trapping, or present in the game production is obtained, as well as being in the general use of the roads to use prepare a firearm;
9) any other activity when using this law and not according to the rules of game hunting tools, and types.
24. (1) the game may be hunted or caught for scientific research purposes, exposure museums, rearing or keeping in captivity with only from the national forest service.

(2) the non-game wildlife may acquire, hunt or keep in captivity with the protection of the environment and regional development ministries from permissions, but the game imported into the Republic of Latvia from another country — only with the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry and the national forest service panels.
Chapter five hunting resource monitoring and responsibility for non-compliance with the law of the SA article 25. (1) supervision over the law and other regulations related to hunting legislation outside the hunting areas within their competence, the national and municipal police departments, but for illegal hunt, national forest service and the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry institutions.
(2) in all hunting areas that monitoring by the State forest service but only their hunting areas — land owner or user and hunting rights. If necessary, to carry out supervision of the hunting area and outside allowed all the departments referred to in this article and the harmonious operation of the National Guard.
26. article. To determine the material losses caused by the wild game on agriculture, pets, and also for forestry, national forest service creates a Commission that includes representatives of the local authorities concerned, the hunting rights to users, as well as attecīg specialists. The Commission shall determine the amount of loss in accordance with the methodology approved by the Ministry of agriculture. Losses shall be borne by the user of hunting rights, if the contract for the transfer of the right of hunting is not otherwise provided for. In the event of a dispute, a court shall settle the matter.
27. article. Damage caused by natural or legal persons contributed to the hunting resources in violation of this law or other hunting related legislation, they shall be reimbursed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law, and including the hunt Fund.
28. article. Natural and legal persons for violation of this law called to account in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.
Chapter 6 of international treaties in article 29. If the Republic of Latvia in international treaties entered into otherwise than in the hunting regulations in the territory of Latvia law applicable international treaty provisions.
Transitional provisions 1. Cabinet until august 1 1995 to confirm the hunting rules, hunting firearms purchase, registration, and enforcement provisions of rescue, hunting the Fund rules and the holding of national hunting Statute.
2. the Ministry of Agriculture to 1 august 1995 to develop a game for the material damage suffered by agricultural discovery methodology.
3. After the entry into force of this law, contracts concluded in advance of hunting area is valid in so far as they do not conflict with this Act.
4. Hunting rights to users until July 1, 1996, to conclude agreements on public hunting area lease and execute this law, in article 16, the provisions of the first subparagraph.
5. With the entry into force of this law shall lapse at the February 1992 hunting law (Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1992, 10, 29-31).
The law will enter into force by 1 august 1995.
The law adopted by the Parliament in June 1, 1995.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga, June 17, 1995, the