LAW 2 March 1972, n. 7 (published in the albo of the Government Palace on March 8, 1972).
Changes to the law 13 July 1962 n. 18 on the hunt.

We the Captains Regent of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Hereby promulgate and publish the following law approved by the Great and General Council
its meeting on 2 March 1972.
Art. 1
The relevant articles of the Law of 13 July 1962 n. 18 are deleted and replaced by the following:
"Art. 7 - Booklet"
The hunting license is issued on a special form school record:
a) a cover and attached leaflets containing the photograph and signature
the owner as well as the indication of the generalities and connotations;
B) bill from the Office of the Register stating the payment of the annual fee;
C) the receipts, issued by the Federation of hunting, which shall include the payment of the shares
for restocking, for entry to the Federation itself, for accident insurance and liability
. (* )
the annual fee for restocking is set by San Marino Federation of Hunting.
The capital and thresholds for accident warranty and liability are established by decree
reggenziale.
The holder must affix the signature on the cover and on the same license before the official that the
releases. If it is illiterate it is mentioned in the booklet.
"Art. 8 - Minor"
The license may also be granted to persons under twenty-one years, when making use of
assumptions in the subsequent paragraphs.
When the minor is emancipated the applicant must also presentar the documents for the
emancipation.
When the person exercising parental authority or guardianship consent to the granting of the license, (in addition to the requested documents
), the applicant must also produce the written consent of the person exercising parental authority or guardianship
.
In no case the license may be granted to those who have not completed 18 years of age, although
belongs to military corps. Children of 18th years which, according to the previous law, have already obtained the license
can keep it.
"Art. 9 - Eligibility Examination"
In order to obtain the release of the hunting license, or the return of the same in the event that either of
revocation of official suspension, must take an exam fitness exercise of hunting
front of a special commission.
The exam covers knowledge of the main Device laws regarding hunting,
zoology elements with particular reference to the recognition of the game, and the handling of weapons
.
In the opinion of the Committee on the examination it may be supplemented by a shooting practice test.
The candidate, to be eligible for examination, must prs nt to the Commission a medical certificate of fitness
psychophysics.
The Commission is appointed by the Home Secretary and comprises:
a) a Chairman appointed by the Home Secretary;
B) by the Director of the Agricultural or dl the same person in charge;
C) by the Commander of the Gendarmerie and an NCO of this;
D) by an expert in natural sciences (Zoology);
S) by the President or Vice President or the Secretary of the Federation of San Marino
Hunting, serving as Vice President of the Commission;
F) by two hunters appointed by the Federation of Hunting.
The Commission, which has a term of one year and elegg among its members the Secretary, shall meet when
convened by the President, after consultation with the Federation of Hunting.
Between an exam taken with an unfavorable outcome and the subsequent examination must spend at least six months
.
"Art. 10 - Requirement of good conduct"
The Command of the Gendarmerie may refuse to grant the license to those who are not
able to prove good conduct or do not give Reliable + ment not to abuse the weapons.
Against the measure, which must be in writing and explained, may be challenged, within a peremptory
fifteen days from the current notification, the Law Commissioner who decides at final
.
"Art. 11 - Term of license"
The hunting license is personal and is valid, unless the king ca, for six years from the date of issuance
.
This validity is subject to the annual and the annual renewal of the endorsement sheet branded
proving payment of the fee, as well as the payment of dues to the Federation of
Also Hunt for title insurance.
"Art. 14 - Application for the license type" A "
The application for the grant of such license" A ", on stamped paper from L.300,
must be accompanied by the following documents:
a) certificate of citizenship;

B) certificate of residence;
C) birth certificate;
D) criminal record certificate, issued by one month, to the effect that the applicant has not reported
conviction - for which it did not attend amnesty or rehabilitation - a higher prison sentence to one year
for crimes against property or person and in any case it is not a recidivist for such offenses.
The Great and General Council members, employees overnativi and the military are exempted from
submit such a certificate;
E) statement issued by the Federation of Hunting certifying that the applicant has passed the examination of suitability
the shooting rules;
F) Registry Office bill stating the payment of the annual fee;
G) recent photograph of the person without CARDSTOCK;
H) receipt of the Federation of Hunting from which ris ltino the registration to it as the effective
payment of fees for compulsory insurance and for restocking.
"Art. 15 - Application for license of type" B "
To obtain a license of type" B "the person must submit an application on stamped paper from L. 300 to
Command of the Gendarmerie accompanied the following documents:
a) birth certificate;
b) certificate of residence;
c) citizenship certificate (for citizens of San Marino residents that certificate in Italy
will be issued by the municipality of residence )
d) criminal record certificate issued not more than one month;
e) receipt of the Federation of Hunting from which ris ltino the inscription to it
Federation and the payment of fees for compulsory insurance and for restocking;
f) statement of the Federation of Hunting confirming that the applicant has passed
examination of competence the exercise of hunting;
g) two passport-size photographs certified by the State Secretariat for Foreign Affairs, or by
municipal Authority of the place of residence of the applicant, or by a notary public;
H) of the Office of the Register bill stating the payment of the annual fee;
I) money order or bank check of L. 300 for the purchase of the manual or (*) revenue stamps related
.
"Art. 17 - Possession and presentation of the license"
Those who practice hunting must have with them the required license and is bound to show it to every request
of supervisory agents.
The offender is liable to a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 20.0000.
"Art. 18 - Port of pointe tools or cutting"
During the exercise of hunting license which authorizes agl previous articles to carry
those pointe Tools or strictly indispenabili cut to provide
plant of stalking or the preparation of tools for hunting.
The license also authorizes to bring more 'rifles when what is actually required by
certain forms of hunting.
"Art. 20 - Periods of hunting license. Hunting season"
Hunting is normally permitted from the last Sunday of August 1 January.
The Regency, by special decree, after consultation d t the Federation of Hunting, establish every year
hunting dates indicating the time of opening of the hunting in accordance with and subject to the reservations
art. 29.
Every act constituting exercise of hunting, made in closed time, shall be punished with fine from
L. L. 5,000 to 60,000.
"Art. 21 - Vehicles hunt"
The hunt can be exercised with small arms, with dogs, with ferrets and falcons.
Any form of trapping is prohibited.
During the exercise of hunting are prohibited:
1) the use of support weapons;
2) the use of a short firearm;
3) the use of compressed air rifles, of any type and dimension;
4) the use of weapons equipped with silencers;
5) the use of firearms set, with snap caused by game;
6) the use of networks of all kinds, except by the Federation of Hunting for the purpose of restocking
or improvement of the species;
7) the soprerba, the strascino or strusa;
8) the limes or tense water (drinkable) for passer cei;
9) the poisons even if used for agricultural protection, if they can manage to lethal
game, and those intoxicating or explosives;
10) electric vehicles, lanterns and night pitfalls;
11) cages, baskets, snap stones, traps and all sorts of traps and pitfalls;
12) laces of any kind;
13) in the operation of electromechanical or acoustic calls, whether or not the sound amplifier;
14) and the panie panioni, both fixed and roaming;
The offender is liable to a fine of L. 10.00 per L. 60,000.
Art. 2
The relevant articles of the law 13 July 1962 n. 18 are deleted and replaced by the following
provisions:

"Art. 22 - Stalking hunting"
The stalking hunting is divided into fixed and temporary stalking.
They are fixed blinds those built in muratur or other solid matter, with site preparation and
intended durabilmente the shooting rules. They are surrounded by a clear zone of
for the purposes of security and protection.
All other ambushes are considered temporary.
"Art. 24 - Permissions"
The system must be fixed blinds preventi amente authorized by the Federation of Hunting
. The payment of the prescribed fee shall not take place before it is granted the predicted
authorization.
The offender is liable to a fine of L. 10.00 per L. 60,000 and also with the monetary penalty
from double to triple the tax due, with the obligation of immediate removal of illegal plants.
Anyone exercising hunting in fixed stalking must have with them the license grant and is
required to present it at the request of the supervisory agents. If an offense applies
a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 20,000.
"Art. 25 - Prohibitions plant"
E 'prohibited the fixed blinds facility without the consent of the owner or possessor of the land
.
If the soil that forms the buffer zone of a fixed stalking belongs in part to
other owners or possessors, their consent is necessary also; in the absence of the protection zone it is limited
to the ground for which there is consensus.
The fixed blinds can not be implanted in distance less than 400 meters from the border of
banned, oases and spawning areas and catches.
And 'The temporary stalking facility without the consent of the owner or possessor of the land if the facility
same tampering considerable amounts of plants.
Violators are punished with a fine of L. 10,000 to L. 60,000 and have the immediate obligation
removal of illegal plants.
"Art. 27 - Signals perimeter of fixed blinds"
The buffer zone of each fixed-stalking is stable at from time to time by the Federation of Hunting
and is indicated on each individual grant.
The area of ​​respecting the fixed blinds must (*) tory bounded by perimeter signals
bearing the inscription "stalking hunting".
In the absence of such signs and the holder is liable to a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 60,000.
In the event of abusive affixing, removal and shifting of signals, the offender shall be punished by a fine of
L. 5,000 to L. 20,000.
Art. 3
The relevant articles of the law 13 July 1962 n. 18 are deleted and replaced by the following:
"Art. 35 - Hunting prohibited in cultivation in current land"
And 'forbidden to anyone stalking in land cultivation in actuality, when it can cause
actual damage to crops.
They are believed to be in the living actuality of crops, gardens, floral crops and vegetable gardens, lawns, artificial
by the resumption of the vegetation at the end of the first cut, orchards, citrus and olive groves
and specialized vineyards from germination to harvesting; the recent land
reforestation and other similar cases.
The offender is liable to a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 60 000.
"Art. 36 - Firing of weapons in the direction of housing and other real estate"
The exercise of hunting with use of firearms is prohibited in distant areas less than 100 meters from
buildings used for housing or jobs n ven on carriage roads, except those
crofting or interpoderali.
It 'likewise forbidden to shoot in the direction of these properties and roads in
distance less than 150 meters from them.
If you use weapons or ammunition longer range you should keep a distance to avoid harm
.
In the areas indicated in the first paragraph it shall be prohibited to carry loaded weapons except in security
position and only for crossing reasons.
It 'anyway prohibited to bring loaded weapons, although in the safety position, the interior of
population centers or on board vehicles of any spcie.
Violators are punished with a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 60,000.
"Art. 37 - the year of the hunt limitation"
The exercise of hunting is subject to the following limitations: a) prohibition of the use blinded calls;
B) prohibition of use as decoy partridge, the red partridge, the Sardinian partridge, rock partridge;
C) prohibition on hunting to rake in vacant land in more 'than four persons;
D) prohibition on hunting shooting from vehicles to animal or mechanical traction;
E) ban on partridges, partridges, quails and pheasants catches for skeet shooting.

The use of catch quail is limited exclusively to training and training of dogs and
to the tests on the ground.
It 'shall be prohibited to sell, sell or put an alt imenti commercially dead birds
size smaller than that of the thrush, except for the reversal, the sparrow and the lark.
The offender shall be punished with fine from L.5.000 to L. 60,000.
"Art. 40 - Night Hunting
And 'forbidden to hunt or capture any kind of s lvaggina from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise
.
The offender is punishable by a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 60,000. the penalty is doubled when the
night hunting is exercised with the use of high beam.
"Art. 42 - prohibited game Hunting "
It 'always forbidden to kill and capture:
a) bats, porcupine, the hawk of any species and the goldfinch;
b) the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), cranes, flamingos, storks and swans;
c) owls. This provision shall not apply to the capture of owls and barn owls
intended to serve as a laughingstock;
d) female capercaillie and black grouse;
e) the swallows and swifts of any species;
f) the nightingale, the robin, the warbler of any kind, the ruler, the fioraccino, the wren, the cin ie, the
long-tailed tits and woodpeckers of all kinds;
g) the pigeons rock pigeon (Columbia livia), both of which colmbaia wild, domestic pigeons of any breed
including pigeons although in places far from the town, the pigeons that
escape the skeet shooting. the prohibition does not apply to the owners of the pigeons. the capture of
pigeons rock pigeon to be granted to the shooting ranges is allowed only to the Federation Hunting
;
H) game introduced by the Federation of Hunting during the acclimatization period.
The Regency, on the proposal of the Hunting Federation, will extend the prohibition to other
game species.
The offender is liable to a fine of L. 5,000 to L. 60,000.
"Art. 46 - Banish, restocking and capture areas, or"
The banned, restocking and capture areas and the oases are intended to increase the
of game play, even to favor the radiation in the surrounding lands, and
facilitate the parking of migratory species.
To banned, for restocking and capture areas, oases are those areas where hunting,
by any means, it is prohibited.
The construction of banned, oases and restocking and capture areas shall be established by Regency Decree
hearing the opinion of the Hunting Federation.
And 'it prohibited the construction of private reserves.
The Regency, however, on a proposal from the Federation of Hunting, may authorize a national consortium
hunting in the exclusive interest of iscr cts to San Marino Federation of Hunting
and regulate it with special rules.
Every act constituting exercise of hunting, made in closed area, shall be punished with fine from
L. L. 5,000 to 60,000.
"Art. 50 - Gamekeeper and security guards hunting"
The Hunting Federation has the right to ask the Secretary of State for Internal Affairs the
recognition of gamekeepers and also voluntary security guards from among sciegliersi members who
give safe custody of seriousness and capacity and who wish voluntarily perform services
hunting supervision.
The warden and volunteer guards are allowed to perform their duties only after having taken the oath of
forward rite of the State Secretary for Internal Affairs.
The quality of volunteer security guard does not give rise to any tax advantage in the issuance of hunting license
.
"Art. 51 - Hunting is prohibited in a number of supervisory officers"
For the gamekeeper and the forest guards is forbidden to exercise hunting in the territory of the Republic
. The same, however, are authorized to catch vermin under the previous
Article 31; to this end they have the right to bring, ven in Prohibition time, shotgun ammunition on
broken or the rifles provided they are equipped with a special gun license issued
by the Command of the Gendarmerie at the request of the Federation Hunting.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to voluntary security guards.
"Art. 54 - Capture of dogs"
Dogs of any breed, found wandering unattended in the countryside, must possibly be
captured by surveillance agents. Are considered unattended dogs that are not under the
surveillance, constant and effective, the owner or possessor.
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Art. 55 - Case (*) of guard dogs, and followed by burrowing "

The watchdogs to homes and livestock p ca n resist not be left unattended in
campaigns at more 'than 200 meters from home or from livestock.
I followed by dogs and burrowing must be strictly monitored and, if taken in the countryside in
prohibition time, they must be leashed. In default they are considered unattended at all
effects of the preceding article.
For training and training the pointing dogs can be conducted in the countryside only
in the thirty days preceding the opening of the hunt the protected small game, in the localities
fixed in advance by the Federation of Hunting and They must be constantly supervised
by the owner or by his agent.
E 'given the opportunity to the Federation of Hunting to set a shorter period and, under certain
modalities necessary to prevent damage to protected selvaggin sedentary, the use of pointing dogs for field trials
even in the catch restocking areas.
In the event of non-compliance with the above provisions are considered dogs unattended and
apply the rules of the preceding article.
Who is held to the custody of a dog is obliged to apply the utmost diligence to prevent
it wander in the countryside in ways prohibited in this Chapter. Offenders are punished with a fine of
L. 5,000 to L. 60,000.
"Art. 56 - Concurrent offenses. Cases of increase in the sentence"
Conviction for infringement of the provisions contained in this Act
does not exclude the application of penalties for the same acts to be imposed by force criminal laws.
If not (*) it was possible, for the fact of the offender, perform the seizure of arms
or hunting tools, the penalty is doubled.
The punishment is likewise doubled if the offense is committed by a supervisory agent.
"Art. 59 - Additional penalties"
The sentence for violation of this law involves the forfeiture of the game. With the pronunciation of condemnation
the judicial authority it may also order the confiscation of the means of hunting;
the confiscation does not extend to the dog.
If convicted the judicial authority may also order the suspension of six months
license to two years and in particularly serious cases, dismissal.
The above mentioned measures are immediately enforceable notwithstanding any appeals against
of them according to the law.
In the case of suspension or revocation of the license the Gendarmerie they retire the book referred
art. 7.
The revoked license may only be granted again after two years after the revocation;
The term is three years in respect of repeat offenders.
The judicial authority shall transmit to the Command of the Gendarmerie and the Federation of Hunting
copy of any measure of conviction for violation of this law.
"Art. 63 - Fees for hunting licenses"
The licenses for hunting is subject to payment of the following annual fees:
1) - TYPE "A"
a) hunting license with use of rifle
no more 'than two shots L. 500
b) hunting license even with use of
rifle more' shots L. 700
2) - TYPE "B"
a) hunting license even with use of
rifle more 'than two shots L.6.000
b) hunting license even with use of rifle
to no more' than two shots L. 4,000
3) - fixed License stalking hunting L. 700
the supervisory agents admitted to the exercise of hunting and those belonging to the uniformed bodies
are entitled to a discount of 50% on all types of license .
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Art. 4
Items 23, 26, 28, 30, 39, 57, and 58 of Legg July 13, 1962 n. 18 are hereby repealed.
55; 15 55

Art. 5
This Act shall enter into force immediately after its legal publication.
Our Residence, this day of March 6 1972 to 1671 Foundation of the Republic THE CAPTAINS REGENT

Federico Carattoni - Marino Vagnetti

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND
. Della Balda

(*) CORRECTION
In Law 2 March 1972 n. 7, published on the Official Bulletin no. 2, April 10, 1972, art. 1
c) delete the last sentence of the first paragraph, "and, for minors, for the supplementary insurance
"; Article 15, point i) where it is said "and stamps related" should read "or brands by
related revenue"; the title of Article 55, instead of "guardian of the watchdogs, as a result, and den",
is "custody of the guard dogs, from below and from den"; ll'articolo 56, second paragraph, where it is said
"if it was possible ...." read "in case it was not possible ...".