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Fauna (Protection and Control) Balek Wildlife Sanctuary Rules 1977

Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966
This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at  1 July 2001.

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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 154B.

Fauna (Protection and Control) Balek Wildlife Sanctuary Rules 1977

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Fauna (Protection and Control) Balek Wildlife Sanctuary Rules 1977

MADE under the Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966.

Dated                   200 .

1. INTERPRETATION.

In these Rules, “the Sanctuary” means the Balek Wildlife Sanctuary.

2. PROHIBITION ON TAKING, ETC., OF FAUNA.

A person shall not take or kill fauna in the Sanctuary.

3. PROHIBITION ON LIGHTING OF FIRES.

A person shall not light a fire in the Sanctuary.

4. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, ETC.

A person shall not dispose of any refuse, litter or garbage in or into the Sanctuary.

5. PROHIBITION ON CUTTING TREES, ETC.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a person shall not–

(a) cut or damage trees or plants; or

(b) make a garden,

in the Sanctuary.

(2) A person who has customary garden rights in the Sanctuary may make a garden in the Sanctuary, and may cut and damage trees or plants to the extent reasonably necessary to make a garden, only–

(a) with the prior approval of his clan leader; and

(b) on land that has been customarily used for gardens.

(3) For the purpose of Subsection (2), the clan leader is as specified in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE 1 – CLAN LEADERS.

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