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LAWS OF KENYA The Wildlife (ConservaTion and ManageMenT) aCT Chapter 376 Revised Edition 2009 (1985) Published by the National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney General Wildlife (Conservation and 2 [Rev.

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376 Management) CHAPTER 376 THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT Section ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS part IprelImInary 1Short title.

2Interpretation.

part IIadmInIstratIon 3Establishment of the Service.

3AFunctions of the Service.

3BThe Board of Trustees.

3CAppointment of Director.

3DTerms and conditions of appointment, enlistment, and secondment to the service.

3ERanks of, and direction of, the members of the Service.

3FDisciplinary code and regulations.

3GProhibition against members of the Service joining trade unions.

3HInsubordinate behaviour.

3IDesertion.

3JLiability under other law.

3KMembers of Service not to engage in trade, etc.

4Honorary wardens.

5Delegation, etc., of functions.

part IIathe Kenya WIldlIfe servICe fund 5AThe Kenya Wildlife Service Fund.

5BWildlife Advisory Councils.

part IIInatIonal parKs, natIonal reserves and loCal sanCtuarIes 6Declaration of National Parks.

7Cessation of area as a National Park, National Reserve or local sanctuaries.

8Amendment of boundaries.

9Management of National Parks.

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376 Section 10(Repealed).

11Restriction on commercial lm making.

12Flying restrictions in respect of National Parks.

13General offences in National Parks.

14Animal not to be followed into National Park.

15Protection areas.

16National Park Regulations.

17Impounding of domestic animals.

18National Reserves.

19Local sanctuaries.

20Agreements by Director.

part IvControl of huntIng 21Powers of honorary wardens.

22Prohibition of unlicensed hunting, etc.

23Game licences.

24General provisions as to game licences.

25Game registers.

26Special authorization to hunt.

27Professional hunters.

28Cancellation, etc., of licences.

29Hunting on private land.

30Protection of human life.

31Protection of property.

32Wounded animals.

33Causing suffering.

34Unlawful methods of hunting, general provisions.

35Aircraft, motor vehicles, etc.

36Use of dogs.

37Power to prohibit use of certain weapons, etc.

38Close seasons.

part vtrophIes and lIve anImals 39Government trophies.

40Importation of trophies.

41Certicates of ownership relating to hunted animals.

42Certicates of ownership for possession of trophies.

43Dealers.

44Transfer of trophies.

45Export of trophies, etc.

46Exemptions.

47Game meat.

48Permit to keep live animals.

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376 Management) Section part vIenforCement 49Powers of ofcers.

50Disposal of persons arrested and things seized.

51Effect of conviction and powers of court.

52Forfeiture.

53Ineligibility to hold licences, etc.

54Conduct of prosecutions.

55Exemption of ofcers of the Service.

56General penalties.

57Corporations and rms.

57AUse of rearms.

part vIIthe WIldlIfe fund 58(Repealed).

59(Repealed).

60(Repealed).

part vIIIgeneral provIsIons as to offICers, etC., of the servICe 61Unlawful possession of Service property, etc.

part IXmIsCellaneous 62Compensation for personal injury or death.

63Land use.

64Application of Act to non-game animals.

65Appeal to Tribunal.

66Duplicate licences.

67Power to make regulations.

68 Repeals and transitional provisions.

fIrst sChedule.

seCond sChedule.

thIrd sChedule.

fourth sChedule.

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376 CHAPTER 376 THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND 1 of 1976, MANAGEMENT) ACT 6 of 1976, L.N.

38/1976, Commencement: 13th February, 1976 L.N.

41/1976, 16 of 1977, An Act of Parliament to consolidate and amend the law relating to the L.N.

126/ 1981, protection, conservation and management of wildlife in Kenya; and 11 of 1983, for purposes connected there with and incidental thereto 16 of 1989, 11 of 1992, WHEREAS it is desirable that the present powers relating 2 of 2002, to the management and conservation of wildlife in Kenya should 5 of 2007, be amalgamated and placed in a consolidated Service of the L.N.

51/2007.

Government; AND WHEREAS the prime objective of the Service should be to ensure that wildlife is managed and conserved so as to yield to the Nation in general and to individual areas in particular, optimum returns in terms of cultural, aesthetic and scientic gains as well as such economic gains as are incidental to proper wildlife management and conservation and which may be secured without prejudice to such proper management and conservation; AND WHEREAS it is necessary, for the achievement of that objective, that full account should be taken of the varied forms of land use and the inter-relationship between wildlife conservation and management and other forms of land use: NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of Kenya, as follows: part IprelImInary 1.

This Act may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and Short title.

Management) Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires Interpretation.

11 of 1983, Sch., aircraft means any type of aeroplane, airship, balloon or kite, 16 of 1989, s.

2, whether captive, navigable or free, and whether controlled or directed 2 of 2002, Sch.

by human agency or not; animal means any animal or the young or egg thereof, but does not include a human being or any animal which is commonly considered to be a domestic animal or the young or egg thereof; authorized ofcer means an ofcer of the Service, a forest Wildlife (Conservation and 6 [Rev.

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376 Management) ofcer, a police ofcer or an administrative ofcer; Board of Trustees means the Board of Trustees of the Service constituted under section 3B; competent authority means (a) in relation to Government land, the Minister for the time being responsible for matters relating to land; (b) in relation to Trust land, the county council in which the land is vested; (c) in relation to any other land, the owner thereof or the person for the time being entitled to the rents and prots thereof; dangerous animal means an elephant, a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus, a buffalo, a lion or a leopard; dealer means any person who, in the ordinary course of any business or trade carried on by him, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person (a) sells, purchases, barters or otherwise in any manner deals with any trophy; or (b) cuts, carves, polishes, preserves, cleans, mounts or otherwise prepares any trophy; Director means the Director of the Service appointed under section 3C; export includes re-export; Act; forest ofcer has the meaning assigned to it by the Forests Cap.

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forfeiture offence means an offence which is so designated by any of the provisions of this Act creating offences; former Trustees means the Trustees of the National Parks Cap.

377 (1962).

of Kenya established by the National Parks of Kenya Act (now repealed); game animal means an animal specied in the First Schedule; game bird means a bird specied in the Second Schedule; Wildlife (Conservation and 7 Rev.

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376 game licence means a licence issued under section 23; Government trophy means a trophy declared to be a Government trophy by section 39; hunt includes the doing of any act immediately directed at the killing, wounding, injuring or capture of any animal, and the taking or wilful molestation of any nest or eggs; land includes land covered by sea or other water; licensing ofcer, in respect of any of the provisions of this Act, means a person appointed by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, to be a licensing ofcer for the purposes of that provision; local sanctuary means an area of land declared to be a local sanctuary by or under section 19; meat means the fat, blood, esh or tissue of any game animal, game bird or protected species, whether fresh or dried, pickled or otherwise preserved or processed; Minister means the Minister for the time being responsible for matters relating to wildlife; motor vehicle includes a vehicle of the type commonly known as a hovercraft; National Park means any area of land declared to be a National Park by or under section 6; National Reserve means any area of land declared to be a National Reserve by or under section 18; owner, in relation to private land, includes a lesee or a mortgagee in possession, and any person authorized by an owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession to act on his behalf in his absence, and group representatives incorporated under the Land (Group Representatives) Cap.

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Act; private land means any land (a) which is held under a conveyance, lease or licence (other than a temporary occupation licence under the Government Lands Act) from the Government or a county council; or Cap.

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(b) which has been recorded as being in the ownership of any Wildlife (Conservation and 8 [Rev.

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376 Management) person or group of persons under any written law relating to the adjudication or recording of such ownership; professional hunter means the holder of a valid licence issued under section 27; protected animal means an animal, or an animal of a species, sub-species or group, specied in the Third Schedule; protection area means an area declared to be a protection area under section 15; ranger means a member of the Service, not being a warden, designated as such by the Director; Act; rules means any rules, regulations or by-laws made under this senior ofcer means a warden, a forest ofcer of or above the rank of assistant conservator of forests, or a police ofcer of or above the rank of Assistant Inspector; Service means the Kenya Wildlife Service established under section 3; subordinate ofcer means any authorized ofcer who is not a senior ofcer; trophy means any protected animal, game animal, or game bird alive or dead, and any bone, claw, egg, feather, hair, hoof, skin, tooth, tusk or other durable portion whatsoever of that animal or bird or sh or other aquatic life whether processed, added to or changed by the work of man or not, which is recognizable as such a durable portion; vegetable includes any form of vegetable matter, alive or dead; warden means a member of the Service above the rank of ranger; part IIadmInIstratIon Establishment of the 3.

(1) There is hereby established a uniformed and disciplined Service.

service to be known as the Kenya Wildlife Service.

16 of 1989, s.3.

(2) The Kenya Wildlife Service shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power to sue Wildlife (Conservation and 9 Rev.

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376 and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire, hold and dispose of immovable property for the purposes of the Service and this Act.

(3) The headquarters of the Service shall be in Nairobi.

(4) The Service shall be the successor to the Wildlife Fund Trustees established under section 58 (now repealed) and, subject to this Act all rights, duties, obligations, assets and liabilities of the Wildlife Fund Trustees existing at the date of the coming into operation of this Act shall be automatically and duly transferred to the Service and any reference to the Wildlife Fund Trustees in any written law or in any contract or document shall for all purposes be deemed to be a reference to the Service established under subsection (1).

3A.

The functions of the Service shall be to Functions of the Service.

(a) formulate policies regarding the conservation, management 16 of 1989, s.3.

and utilization of all types of fauna (not being domestic animals) and ora; (b) advise the Government on establishment of National Parks, National Reserves and other protected wildlife sanctuaries; (c) manage National Parks and National Reserves; (d) prepare and implement management plans for National Parks and National Reserves and the display of fauna and ora in their natural state for the promotion of tourism and for the benet and education of the inhabitants of Kenya; (e) provide wildlife conservation education and extension services to create public awareness and support for wildlife policies; (f) sustain wildlife to meet conservation and management goals; (g) conduct and co-ordinate research activities in the eld of wildlife conservation and management; (h) identify manpower requirements and recruit manpower at all levels for the Service for wildlife conservation and management; (i) provide advise to the Government and local authorities and landowners on the best methods of wildlife conservation and management and be the principle instrument of the Wildlife (Conservation and 10 [Rev.

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376 Management) Government in pursuit of such ecological appraisals or controls outside urban areas as are necessary for human survival; (j) administer and co-ordinate international protocols, conventions and treaties regarding wildlife in all its aspects in consultation with the Minister; (k) solicit by public appeal or otherwise, and accept and receive subscriptions, donations, devises and bequests (whether movable or immovable property and whether absolute or conditional) for the general or special purposes of the Service or subject to any trust; (l) render services to the farming and ranching communities in Kenya necessary for the protection of agriculture and animal husbandry against destruction by wildlife.

The Board of 3B.

(1) The Service shall be managed by a Board of Trustees of Trustees.

the Service which shall, subject to section 3C, consist of 16 of 1989, s.3, 2 of 2002, Sch.

(a) a chairman appointed by the President; (b) the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to wildlife; (c) the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for nance; (d) the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for local government; (e) the Commissioner of Police; (f) the Director of Forests; (g) a representative of the Permanent Secretary in the Ofce of the President responsible for internal security; (h) the Director of Veterinary Services; (i) not more than six other trustees to be appointed by the Minister from amongst persons who are conversant with nature conservation in all its aspects.

(2) The chairman and the trustees appointed under subsection (1)(a) and (i) shall hold ofce for three years and shall be eligible for Wildlife (Conservation and 11 Rev.

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(3) The Board shall elect a vice-chairman from among its members.

(4) The Board shall meet at least four times in every year.

(5) The chairman shall convene an extraordinary meeting of the Board within fourteen days after receipt by him of a written requisition to that effect signed by at least three trustees.

(6) Not less than seven days previous notice of a meeting of the Board shall be given in writing to every trustee; but accidental failure to give or to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of a meeting.

(7) The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board shall be seven trustees inclusive of the person presiding; and all acts, matters or things authorized or required to be done by the Board shall be effected by a resolution passed by a majority of the members present and voting at a meeting at which there is a quorum.

(8) The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at meetings of the Board; but in case of the absence of both the chairman and the vice-chairman at any meeting of the Board the trustees present at the meeting shall elect one of their number to preside at that particular meeting.

(9) At every meeting of the Board the chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman or the trustee presiding, shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.

(10) The Board of Trustees shall determine its own procedure.

Appointment of 3C.

(1) There shall be a Director of the Service who shall be a Director.

member of the Board of Trustees, the chief executive and head of the 16 of 1989, s.

Service.

(2) The Director shall be appointed by the President.

(3) The Director or his nominee shall be the secretary to the Board of Trustees.

(4) The Director shall, on behalf of the Board of Trustees and subject to this Act, have the general superintendence of all matters within the scope of this Act.

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(1) The Board of Trustees shall establish the terms and appointment, conditions for the appointment and enlistment of the members of the enlistment and Service and the secondment of any other persons to serve with the secondment to the Service.

service.

16 of 1989, s.3, (2) The Board of Trustees may appoint and may employ such 2 of 2002, Sch.

members, agents or servants of the Service as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions of the Service under this Act upon the terms and conditions of service established under subsection (1).

(3) The Board of Trustees shall within a reasonable time provide Cap.

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for a staff superannuation scheme of a type that will enable the President to determine service with the Kenya Wildlife Service to be public service for the purposes of the Pensions Act.

Ranks of and direction of, the 3E.

(1) Members of the Service shall be of the ranks specied members of Service.

in the Fourth Schedule and the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, 16 of 1989, s.

amend that Schedule.

(2) All members of the Service shall, in exercise of the powers and in performance of the duties conferred or imposed upon them under this Act, conform with any lawful instructions, directions or orders, whether general or specic, which may be given to them by the Director.

(3) The Director may, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, from time to time make administrative orders, to be called Service Standing Orders, for the general control, direction and information of the members of the Service.

(4) The Board of Trustees may give such general or special directions to the Director as may be necessary for the more efcient carrying into effect of the provisions of this Act.

Disciplinary code and regulations.

3F.

(1) The Board of Trustees may issue a disciplinary code for 16 of 1989, s.

the Service and the disciplinary code may provide for the following matters (a) the investigation of disciplinary offences and the hearing and determination of disciplinary proceedings; and (b) disciplinary penalties and awards.

(2) The following disciplinary penalties and awards, or any combination thereof, may be included in the disciplinary code for infringements of such code- (a) dismissal from the Service; Wildlife (Conservation and 13 Rev.

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376 (b) reduction in rank; (c) connement in a guard room or restriction to the connes of any camp or other area where a part of the Service is stationed, for not more than fourteen days; (d) nes; (e) where the offence has occasioned any expense, loss or damage, stoppages of pay or allowances; (f) extra drills, parades or fatigues; (g) severe reprimand; (h) reprimand; (i) admonition.

(3) A disciplinary code issued under this section may provide that a member of the Service committing a disciplinary offence may be arrested without warrant by or on the order of a member senior to himself or placed in command over him, who may, if the circumstances so warrant, conne that member or cause that member to be conned in a building suitable for the purpose, pending the determination of disciplinary proceedings.

Prohibition against 3G.

(1) No member of the Service shall be or become a member members of the of Service joining trade unions.

(a) a trade union or any body or association afliated to a 16 of 1989, s.3.

union; (b) a body or association the objects, or one of the objects, of which is to control or inuence conditions of employment in a trade or profession; (c) a body or association the objects, or one of the objects, of which is to control or inuence pay, pension or conditions of service of the Service other than a staff association established and regulated by rules or regulations made under this Act.

(2) A member of the Service who contravenes subsection (1) shall be liable to be dismissed from the Service and forfeit all rights to pension or gratuity.

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376 Management) (3) If a question arises as to whether a body is a trade union or an association to which this section applies, the question shall be referred to the Minister whose decision thereon shall be nal.

Insubordinate 3H.

(1) A member of the Service who behaviour.

16 of 1989, s.

(a) strikes or otherwise uses violence to, or offers violence to or incites any other person to use violence to a member senior to or placed in command over him or to that other person; or (b) uses threatening or insubordinate language to a member senior to or placed in command over him, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

(2) The Director or an ofcer of or above the rank of senior warden to whom the power so to do has been delegated by the Director may direct that an offence committed under subsection (1) be tried summarily and not prosecuted in court.

Desertion.

3I.

(1) A member of the Service who absents himself from duty 16 of 1989, s.

without leave or just cause for a period of twenty-one days or more shall, unless he proves the contrary, be deemed to have deserted from the Service.

(2) A member who deserts the Service shall forfeit any pay or allowances due to him, and all rights in respect of any pension, provident or other scheme operated by the Service.

(3) No pay or allowance shall be paid to a member in respect of any day during which he is absent from duty without leave, unless the Director otherwise directs.

Liability under other 3J.

Nothing in this Act or any subsidiary legislation made law.

16 of 1989, s.

thereunder shall exempt a member of the Service from being proceeded against for an offence under any other law.

Members of Service 3K.

No member of the Service shall, without, in the case of a not to engage in trade, etc.

gazetted ofcer, the prior written approval of the Board of Trustees and, in the case of any other member, the prior written approval of the Director, engage himself in any trade, business or employment or take part in any commercial undertaking outside the scope of his duties as a member of the Service.

Honorary wardens.

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(1) The Director may, with the prior approval of the Minister, 16 of 1989, Sch.

appoint t and proper persons to be honorary wardens for the purpose of assisting in the carrying into effect of the provisions of this Act.

(2) The appointment of an honorary warden (a) shall be notied in the Gazette; (b) shall be effective unless sooner revoked by the Director, for a period of three years; and (c) may be made subject to any conditions which the Director may think t to impose.

Delegation, etc., of 5.

(1) The Director may delegate or assign any of his functions functions.

under this ActProhibition against members of the Service joining trade 16 of 1989, s.

unions (a) to any member of the Service; or (b) to any ofcer of the Forest Department; or (c) to any ofcer of the Fisheries Department; or (d) to any public ofcer, approved by the Minister.

(2) Any delegation or assignment under this section shall be by notice in the Gazette and may have effect throughout Kenya or in such area only as may be specied in the notice.

part IIathe Kenya WIldlIfe servICe fund The Kenya Wildlife 5A.

(1) There is established a fund to be known as the Kenya Service Fund.

Wildlife Service Fund which shall be vested in, and operated and 16 of 1989, s.

managed by the Board of Trustees for the purpose of the Service and this Act.

(2) There shall be paid into the Fund (a) all sums vested in the former Wildlife Fund Trustees under section 59 (now repealed); (b) donations, loans or other moneys received from any source for the purpose of wildlife conservation or management; (c) any sums from time to time provided by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund; Wildlife (Conservation and 16 [Rev.

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376 Management) (3) There shall be paid out of the Fund (a) sums required to launch, operate or expand projects of wildlife conservation and management; (b) any other payments either generally or specically approved by the Board of Trustees.

Wildlife Advisory 5B.

(1) For the better carrying out of the powers, duties and Councils.

functions of the Service the Board of Trustees may by notice in the 16 of 1989, s.5.

Gazette establish such wildlife advisory councils in respect of any area in which any National Park or National Reserve is situated as may be necessary from time to time.

(2) An advisory council established under subsection (1) shall consist of such persons not exceeding seven including the representatives of the local authority concerned, as the Board of Trustees shall determine.

(3) An advisory council shall not take part in the day-to-day business of wildlife conservation and management but shall bring to the notice of the Board of Trustees for appropriate action all problems and other matters relative to wildlife conservation and management affecting the area for which the advisory council is established.

(4) The Board of Trustees shall determine the tenure and vacation of ofce of members of an advisory council, its meetings and procedure and its staff.

part IIInatIonal parKs, natIonal reserves and loCal sanCtuarIes Declaration of 6.

(1) The Minister, after consultation with the competent authority, National Parks.

may by order declare any area of land to be a National Park: Provided that, where the competent authority does not consent to the declaration, no order shall be made unless (a) the National Assembly has by resolution, approved a draft of the order, whether with or without modication; and (b) in the case of Trust land, the area concerned has rst been set apart in accordance with section 118 of the Constitution; or (c) in the case of private land, the area concerned has rst been Cap.

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acquired under the Land Acquisition Act.

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376 (2) All National Parks declared to be such under the National Parks of Kenya Act and existing immediately before the appointed day are declared to be National Parks for all the purposes of this Act, and the names and boundaries of such National Parks, unless and until they are amended under this Act, shall be those existing on the appointed day.

(3) All National Parks staff existing immediately before the appointed day, unless and until replaced under this Act, shall be the staff of the Government on the appointed day.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister, after consultation Cessation of area with the competent authority, may by order declare that any National as a National Park, National Reserve or Park, National Reserve, local sanctuary or a specied part thereof, shall local sanctuary.

cease to be a National Park, National Reserve or local sanctuary.

(2) No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless (a) a notice of the intention to make the order, with details thereof, and inviting objections thereto within a period of not more than 60 days, has been published in the Gazette and in at least one newspaper circulating throughout Kenya; and (b) not earlier than sixty days after the last date of such publication a draft of the order has been laid before the National Assembly and the National Assembly has by resolution approved the order.

Subject to sections 6 and 7, the Minister may, by order Amendment of boundaries.

(a) assign a name to a National Park or amend any such name; (b) dene the boundaries of a National Park, or alter the same whether by adding to or subtracting from the area thereof or otherwise; (c) amalgamate two or more National Parks into one National Park; (d) divide any National Park into two or more National Parks; (e) transfer any part of a National Park to another National Park.

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(1) The Director shall, through the member of the Service, National Parks.

control, manage and maintain all National Parks.

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(2) Within a National Park the Director may (i) reserve or set aside any portion of the Park as a breeding place for animals or as nurseries for vegetation; (ii) authorize the construction of such roads, bridges, air elds, buildings and fences, the provision of such water supplies, and the carrying out of such other works, as may be necessary for the purposes of the Park; (iii) with the approval of the Minister, let sites for the erec- tion of hotels, or other accommodation for visitors to the Park: Provided that nothing in any document connected with the letting shall be construed as in any manner abridging the overall control of the Park by the Service, or as preventing the Director from giving directions as to the manner in which the premises concerned shall be managed in the interests of the matters set forth in paragraph (i).

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(Repealed by 5 of 2007, s.22).

Restriction on 11.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Films and Stage Plays Act, no person shall in a National Park make any cinematograph commercial lm making.

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lm for sale or other commercial use unless the lming licence issued under that Act has been produced to the Director and the Director has, upon payment of the prescribed fee, given his written authorization, subject to such conditions as he may think necessary, to the making of the lm.

(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), or who fails to comply with any conditions imposed in connexion with any authorization under this section, shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

Flying restrictions in 12.

(1) Except as may be necessitated by sudden emergency respect of National endangering the safety of any aircraft, the proof of which shall lie on Parks.

the pilot thereof, no aircraft 6 of 1976, Sch.

(a) shall be landed in a National Park otherwise than at a recognized aireld and in accordance with the rules; (b) except for the purpose of landing at or taking off from a recognized aireld, shall be own at a height of less than one Wildlife (Conservation and 19 Rev.

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376 thousand ve hundred feet over a National Park unless the written authorization of the Minister, which may be given subject to such conditions as the Minister may think t to impose, has previously been obtained.

(2) The pilot of an aircraft who contravenes the provisions of this section, or fails to comply with any conditions attached to an authorization by the Minister, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both: Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to the operation of any aircraft which is, at the time of the contravention, being used for any purpose of the Service.

13.

(1) Any person who, not being a member of the Service acting General offences in in the course of his duties as such, hunts any animal in a National Park National Parks.

16 of 1989, Sch.

shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence and liable to a ne of not less than ve thousand shillings and not more than twenty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months and not more than three years, with or without corporal punishment or to both.

(2) Any person who, without authorization conveys into a National Park, or being within the area thereof, is in possession of, any weapon, ammunition, explosive, trap or poison, shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

(3) Any person who, without authorization (a) enters or resides in a National Park otherwise than in the course of his duty as a public ofcer or as a person lawfully employed in the Park; (b) cuts, injures or sets re to any vegetation in a National Park, or allows any re lighted by himself or his servants to enter a National Park; (c) collects or attempts to collect any honey or beeswax or hangs on any tree or elsewhere any honey barrel or other receptacle for the purpose of collecting honey or beeswax, in a National Park; (d) willfully damages any object of geological, prehistoric, archaeological, historic, marine or other scientic interest within a National Park, or knowingly removes or attempts to remove any such object or any portion thereof from a Wildlife (Conservation and 20 [Rev.

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376 Management) National Park; (e) is, without lawful excuse in possession of any animal or trophy within or without a National Park; (f) knowingly introduces any animal or domestic animal or vegetation into a National Park; (g) deliberately disturbs or stampedes any animal in a National Park; (h) wilfully damages any structure lawfully placed in a National Park; (i) clears, cultivates or breaks up for cultivation any land in a National Park; or (j) catches or attempts to catch any sh in a National Park, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(4) For the purposes of this section, an act shall be deemed to be done with authorization if, but only if, it (a) is authorized by the rules; or (b) is done with the written permission of an ofcer of the Service; and (c) the provisions of the rules, or any conditions imposed upon such permission by the ofcer concerned, are fully complied with.

Animal not to 14.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no person be followed into shall follow any wounded animal into a National Park, and where, under National Park.

that provision, a person has in other circumstances a duty to follow or kill, or to make a report relating to a wounded animal he shall, at the earliest practicable moment, make a report to an ofcer of the Service as to all the circumstances of the case.

(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

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(1) Where the Minister, after consultation with the competent Protection areas.

authority, is satised that it is necessary, for ensuring the security of the animal or vegetable life in a National Park or in a National Reserve or in a local sanctuary or for preserving the habitat and ecology thereof, to prohibit, restrict or regulate any particular acts in any area adjacent to the Park, National Reserve or local sanctuary he may, by notice in the Gazette, declare the area to be a protection area and may, by the same or a subsequent notice, specify the acts which are prohibited or restricted or regulated and the extent or manner of the restriction or regulation.

(2) Any person who, in a protection area, does any act in contravention of a notice under subsection (1) relating to that area shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

16.

(1) The Minister may make regulations for any or all of the National Park following matters Regulations.

(a) the form in, and the conditions subject to which permission 16 of 1989, Sch.

to enter a National Park may be granted or withdrawn, and the periods or times during which a National Park or any portion thereof shall be open to the public; (b) the fees to be paid for permission to enter or reside in a National Park, for the admission of vehicles, or for the use of any amenities provided by the Service in a National Park; (c) the conditions under, and the extent to, which any of the acts mentioned in subsection (2) or subsection (3)of section 13 may be lawfully performed and the fees to be paid in respect of such performance; (d) the conditions under which the services or attendance of members of the Service, or of any other person licensed in that behalf by the Director, may be obtained in a National Park, and the fees to be paid in respect thereof; (e) the regulation of landing of aircraft in, and of trafc in or over, a National Park, the carriage of goods and passengers in a National Park, the points by which a person may enter, and the routes to be followed in or through, a National Park; (f) generally for the efcient control and management of a National Park and the efcient performance of the duties of the Service therein.

(2) Regulations under this section may be made applicable to all or any specied National Parks, and different regulations may be made Wildlife (Conservation and 22 [Rev.

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376 Management) in respect of different National Parks.

(3) Regulations under this section may provide, in respect of any contravention thereof, penalties not exceeding a ne of six thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

Impounding of 17.

Any domestic animal found in a National Park may be domestic animals.

impounded by an Ofcer of the Service and the owner thereof shall prove ownership before delivery.

National Reserves.

18.

(1) With the agreement of the competent authority, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare any area of land to be a National Reserve.

(2) An agreement between the Minister and a competent authority under subsection (1) may include agreement as to restrictions or conditions relating to the provisions of this Part which shall apply to the area concerned, and any such restrictions or conditions shall be specied by the Minister in the notice declaring the area to be a National Reserve.

(3) The provisions of this Part shall apply to a National Reserve as they apply to a National Park except in so far as (a) they are modied or excluded by any such conditions or restrictions as are mentioned in subsection (2); or (b) they are further modied or excluded as the Minister may, by the notice declaring the area to be a National Reserve or by a subsequent notice in the Gazette, otherwise direct.

(4) Any areas which, immediately before the appointed day, were administered by the former Trustees as national reserves shall on that day become National Reserves for the purposes of this Act, and the powers, duties and functions which immediately before the appointed day were exercisable by the former Trustees in any such area shall thereafter be exercisable by the Director in so far as they conform to the provisions of this Part.

(5) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall purport to establish any game reserve or National Reserve except with the approval of the Minister, and any such approval (a) may be made subject to such conditions and restrictions, including conditions relating to the application of this Part to such reserve, as the Minister may, after consultations with the competent authority impose; Wildlife (Conservation and 23 Rev.

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376 (b) shall be published in the Gazette.

(6) Any area which, immediately before the appointed day, was administered by a local authority as a game reserve shall become a National Reserve and shall continue to be so administered until the Minister, after consultations with the competent authority, by notice in the Gazette, otherwise directs either generally or in relation to any specied area.

19.

(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the competent Local sanctuaries.

authority, by notice in the Gazette, declare that any specied area shall be a local sanctuary wherein any animal specied in the same or a later notice shall not be hunted.

(2) The area of a local sanctuary shall not exceed two thousand six hundred hectares.

(3) All local sanctuaries declared to be such under the Wild Animals Protection Act (now repealed) and existing immediately Cap.

376 (1962).

before the appointed day are declared to be local sanctuaries for all the purposes of this Act.

(4) Any person who in a local sanctuary hunts any animal which is specied in respect of that sanctuary under subsection (1) shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

20.

(1) The Director may enter into any agreement with a Agreements by competent authority which the Director may consider necessary for Director.

the purpose of ensuring that animal migration patterns essential to the continued viability of a National Park or National Reserve are maintained.

(2) An agreement under this section may, with the approval of the Minister, provide for compensation to be payable to the competent authority concerned in respect of rights forgone or of damage caused by animals.

part IvControl of huntIng 21.

An honorary warden appointed under section 4 shall, for all Powers of honorary the purposes of this Part, be deemed to be a warden.

wardens.

16 of 1989, Sch.

Wildlife (Conservation and 24 [Rev.

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(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act or unlicensed hunting, the rules any person who etc.

(a) hunts any protected animal; or (b) hunts any game animal otherwise than as the holder of, and in accordance with any conditions attaching to, a game licence authorizing him to hunt that animal, shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by this Act or the rules, any person who hunts any game bird otherwise than as the holder of, and in accordance with any conditions attaching to, a game licence authorizing him to hunt such bird shall be guilty of an offence.

Game licences.

23.

(1) Subject to subsection (4) of section 3, a licensing ofcer may issue in accordance with the rules a game licence in a prescribed form.

(2) Game licences shall, subject to Part III, authorize the hunting of such game animals or game birds, in such areas, for such periods and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, and the prescribed fees shall be payable in respect of the issue thereof.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no game licence shall authorize the holder thereof to hunt any game animal unless (a) he is a professional hunter; or (b) he is accompanied at the time of hunting by a professional hunter; or (c) his licence is endorsed by the Director, after such inquiry or test as to competence as the Director may think t, to the effect that the holder may, subject to any conditions which the Director may consider necessary, hunt unaccompanied by a professional hunter either generally or in respect of the animal actually hunted.

General provisions as 24.

(1) For the purpose of computing the number of game animals to game licences.

or game birds which may be hunted under a game licence, all animals or birds which are killed, wounded or captured shall be taken into account.

(2) Every game licence shall be personal to the person to whom it was issued and shall not be transferable.

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376 (3) Every holder of a game licence shall carry the licence with him at all times when engaged upon any of the activities authorized by the licence, and any person who fails to comply with this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the cancellation of licences, a game licence shall be valid for the period specied in the licence: Provided that a game licence shall cease to be valid as soon as all the animals the hunting of which is authorized by the licence have been killed, wounded or captured.

25.

(1) Every holder of a game licence shall keep a register in Game registers.

the prescribed form of the prescribed particulars of every game animal killed, wounded or captured by him, or deemed by any provision of this Act to have been killed, wounded or captured by him.

(2) Every professional hunter shall keep a register in such form, and containing such particulars, as the Director may require at the time that the professional hunters licence is issued.

(3) So far as is practicable, every register kept under this section shall have the registrable particulars entered therein at the conclusion of each days hunting.

(4) A person required to keep a register under this section shall (a) produce the register at any reasonable time upon being requested to do so by an authorized ofcer; (b) produce the register to a warden within seven days after the date upon which any game licence held by him ceases to be valid under subsection (4) of section 24; (c) furnish to the Director within twenty-one days after such date a copy of the register.

(5) Any person who, being required by this section to keep a register (a) fails so to do; (b) makes, or is privy to the making of, any false entry in such register; Wildlife (Conservation and 26 [Rev.

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376 Management) (c) fails to record in the register any particulars which are required to be so recorded; or (d) fails to produce the register, or to furnish a copy thereof, when required by subsection (4) so to do, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Special authorization 26.

(1) Where the Director is satised that it is desirable so to do to hunt.

for scientic purposes, or by reason of any circumstances of an unusual or emergency nature, he may, with the prior approval of the Minister in each case, issue a special authorization to hunt any animal in any specied area other than a National Park.

(2) An authorization issued under this section (a) shall be subject to such conditions as the Director may deem it necessary or desirable to impose thereon; (b) shall, except as may be expressly provided by any such condition, be deemed to be a game licence for all the purposes of this Act; and (c) shall be subject to the payment of such fee as the Minister may, on granting his approval thereof, direct.

Professional hunters.

27.

(1) Any person who, not being the holder of a professional hunters licence issued under this section (a) carries on the business of a professional hunter, or advertises himself or solicits custom in connexion with such business; or (b) for hire or reward with the intention of making prot, assists any person to hunt any game animal or game bird, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years or to both: Provided that paragraph (b) shall not apply to any person employed solely as a tracker, gun-bearer or beater.

(2) The Director may issue a professional hunters licence to Wildlife (Conservation and 27 Rev.

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376 any person who is able to satisfy the Director that by reason of his competence with rearms, knowledge of game animals and of the written law pertaining thereto, and of any other matters which the Director may consider relevant, he is at and proper person to carry on the business of a professional hunter: Provided that where a person seeks a professional hunters licence in continuation of one previously held by him he shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be such at and proper person.

(3) There shall be paid in respect of the issue of a professional hunters licence such fee as may be prescribed and, subject to the provisions of this section, every such licence shall be valid for the period of twelve months following the date of issue thereof.

(4) If the holder of a professional hunters licence is convicted of any offence under this Act or the rules (a) he shall, within fourteen days after the date of his conviction, surrender his licence to the Director for cancellation; and (b) he shall not be eligible to be issued with another licence for such period as the Director may determine having regard to the circumstances of the case, and any person who fails to surrender his licence accordingly shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) A professional hunters licence shall not authorize the hunting of any animal by the holder thereof except in so far as may be necessary in his own defence or in the defence of any other person or to prevent the escape of a wounded animal: Provided that where an animal so killed was wounded by the holder of a game licence employing the professional hunter it shall, for all the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been killed by such holder.

(6) Where any person who commits an offence against this Act or the rules is accompanied by a professional hunter, employed by him, at the time that the offence is committed, the professional hunter shall, unless he establishes to the satisfaction of the court that he used all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence and was unable to prevent the commission thereof, be guilty of the like offence.

Wildlife (Conservation and 28 [Rev.

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(1) The Director may, without assigning any reason therefor, licences.

suspend or cancel any licence or authorization issued under this Part, 16 of 1989, Sch.

and in any such case a proportionate part of the fee paid for the licence may be refunded to the person to whom it was issued.

(2) Any ofcer authorized under this Part to issue any licence or authorization may, if he thinks t and without assigning any reason therefor, refuse to issue the licence or authorization.

Hunting on private 29.

(1) No game licence shall authorize hunting on any private land.

land unless it is expressed so to do by endorsement specifying the land concerned, made by a licensing ofcer, and no such endorsement shall be made unless (a) the holder of the licence is the owner of the land concerned; or (b) the person applying for the endorsement, produces to the licensing ofcer the written consent of the owner of the land thereto; or (c) the land concerned is registered under subsection (2).

(2) Where the owner of private land desires to afford facilities for the hunting of game animals or game birds on the land, he may register the land, in such manner and on furnishing such particulars as may be prescribed, with the Director or with such ofcer of the Service as the Director may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint for that purpose, and in any such case (a) the registration may be effected in respect of the whole of the land of such owner or of such portion thereof as the owner may specify; (b) the registration may be made subject to such conditions as to the giving of notice to the owner or his representative of intention to hunt, or as to the types of animals which may be hunted, as the owner may specify, and any endorsement under this section in respect of the land shall include a reference to such conditions; (c) there shall be paid to the registered owner such fees, whether calculated as a proportion of the fees paid in respect of licences endorsed as valid in respect of the land of the owner or otherwise, as may be prescribed.

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376 30.

(1) Nothing in this Act shall make it an offence for any Protection of human person to kill or injure by any means any animal in immediate defence life.

of human life; but the exemption provided by this subsection shall not apply where such killing or injuring is done by any person who, at the time thereof, was committing an offence under this Act or is done under circumstances amounting to deliberate provocation or enticement of the animal by or with the knowledge of that person.

(2) Where a protected animal or game animal is killed in immediate defence of human life the person killing the animal shall make a report of the fact at the earliest practicable moment to an ofcer of the Service.

31.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act any Protection of occupier of land or his servant or any owner of crops or stock or his property.

servant, may, if necessary for the protection of his land, crops or stock, kill any game animal which is causing material damage or loss to his land or to any crop or stock thereon.

32.

(1) Where any person, in any circumstances whatsoever, Wounded animals.

wounds a protected animal or game animal he and any professional hunter accompanying him shall make every endeavour to kill or recover the animal at the earliest opportunity.

(2) Where an animal mentioned in subsection (1) is not killed or recovered within twenty-four hours after the wounding thereof the person by whom the animal is wounded shall forthwith make a report of the facts to an ofcer of the Service, who shall take such action upon such report as he may consider necessary.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable (a) if the animal wounded is a dangerous animal, to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; (b) in any other case, to a ne not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

33.

Any person who Causing suffering.

(a) in any circumstances whatsoever, causes unnecessary or undue suffering to a protected animal or game animal; or (b) without the permission of a warden, is in possession of or Wildlife (Conservation and 30 [Rev.

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376 Management) has in his control or keeping, any such animal which has been maimed or mutilated, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months or to both.

Unlawful methods of 34.

(1) No person shall hunting.

(a) sell, buy, use or have in his possession any gin or similar trap having a jaw length of four inches or more, or any snare or similar contrivance made of wire; (b) for the purpose of or in connexion with hunting or assisting in hunting any animal, cause any re or surround any animal with re, or make, use or have in his possession any of the following things (i) any rearm capable of ring more than one missile as a result of one pressure of the trigger or of reloading itself without further action by the operator; (ii) any explosive, other than the propellant charge in rearms cartridges, or any missile containing explosive; (iii) any xed stake or similar sharp instrument; (iv) any set-gun, pitfall, game-pit, trench or similar excava- tion; (v) any net, fence or enclosure; (vi) any gin, trap, snare or similar device other than such as are mentioned in paragraph (a); (vii) any poison or like injurious substance, or any poisoned weapon; (viii) any other means or method of hunting which may be prescribed as unlawful; (c) hunt any game animal during the period between seven oclock in the evening and half-past ve oclock in the morning; (d) partake in any game drive other than a drive of birds; Wildlife (Conservation and 31 Rev.

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376 (e) drive any game animal into water for the purpose of incapacitating, killing or capturing it.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

(3) Any person who is found away from his place of abode in possession of any of the things mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) in circumstances which, having regard in particular to the place in which he is so found and the place to or from which he is or appears to be travelling, raise a reasonable assumption that he has used, or intends or is about to use, such thing for hunting shall, unless he proves otherwise to the satisfaction of the court, be presumed to have such thing in his possession for the purpose of hunting an animal.

35.

(1) No person shall approach in a motor vehicle or aircraft to Aircraft, motor vehicles, etc.

within ve hundred metres of a game animal for the purpose of hunting that animal.

(2) No person shall use an aircraft or radio telephone for locating a game animal for the purpose of that animal being hunted or killed within forty-eight hours of such use.

(3) No person shall use any aircraft, motor vehicle or mechanically propelled vessel in such a manner as to drive, stampede or unduly disturb any protected animal or game animal for any purpose whatsoever: Provided that this subsection shall not prohibit the use of an aircraft or radio telephone or vehicle (a) for the purpose of driving any animal away from a recognized aerodrome or aireld or from any other area if necessary to enable an aircraft to land safely; or (b) for the purpose of driving any animal away from land for the time being under cultivation or in use for the grazing or herding of stock; or (c) for any other purpose which may be prescribed.

(4) No person shall discharge any rearm at or in the direction of any game animal from a motor vehicle or aircraft or from within four hundred metres of a motor vehicle.

(5) No person shall shoot any game animal from a mechanically propelled vessel whilst the vessel is in mechanically induced motion.

Wildlife (Conservation and 32 [Rev.

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376 Management) (6) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

Use of dogs.

36.

(1) No person shall, without the written permission of a warden, which may be refused without any reason being assigned therefor, use dogs for the purpose of hunting any game animal.

(2) Any person who uses a dog in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both and the court by which the person is convicted may also order the destruction of such dog.

Power to prohibit use 37.

(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, prohibit of certain weapons, the hunting of any game animal, or may by such notice impose such etc.

conditions or restrictions in respect of the use of any specied means of hunting, weapon or missile as he may think t.

(2) Any person who hunts any animal (a) by any means, weapon or missile the use of which is prohibited under this section; or (b) in breach of any condition or restriction imposed in respect of the use of the means, weapon or missile used by him in such hunting, shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

Close seasons.

38.

(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that, during such period and within such area as may be specied in the notice, the hunting of such game animals or game birds as may be so specied shall be unlawful.

(2) Any person who hunts any animal in contravention of a notice under this section shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

part vtrophIes and lIve anImals Government trophies.

39.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the following shall be Government trophies and the property of the Government 16 of 1989, Sch.

(a) any trophy found without an owner; (b) any protected animal, game animal or game bird found dead or killed by accident or mistake; Wildlife (Conservation and 33 Rev.

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376 (c) any protected animal or game animal killed in defence of life, or in other circumstances authorized by or under this Act, by a person who is not the holder of a game licence authorizing him to hunt such animal; (d) any animal or trophy in respect of which a breach of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules has been committed; (e) any animal killed by an member of the Service in the course of his duties as such; (f) the meat of any animal mentioned in this subsection.

(2) Any person who by any means obtains possession of a Government trophy shall forthwith make a report thereof to an authorized ofcer and shall hand the trophy over to the authorized ofcer.

(3) Any person who (a) fails to make a report required by subsection (2); or (b) is unlawfully in possession of, or unlawfully deals in, any Government trophy, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

(4) In any proceedings against any person for an offence against this section, the onus of proving that any possession or dealing was lawful shall be upon that person.

40.

(1) After the appointed day no person shall import any trophy, Importation of or any unmanufactured ivory or rhinoceros horn of any description, trophies.

unless it is imported through a customs port of entry and produced at the time of importation to a proper ofcer of customs: Provided that no person shall, without the written permission of the Minister, import any trophy of a class which the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, has declared to be a prohibited import.

(2) An ofcer of customs to whom any trophy, ivory or horn is produced under subsection (1) shall issue to the person by whom it is produced an acknowledgement of production in the prescribed form, and shall forthwith send a copy of the acknowledgement to the Director.

(3) Within fourteen days after any importation under this section, Wildlife (Conservation and 34 [Rev.

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376 Management) the importer shall produce the trophy, ivory or horn concerned, together with the acknowledgement of production issued under subsection (2), to the Director who shall weigh, mark and register the trophy, ivory or horn in such manner, if any, as may be prescribed and shall, unless the importer is in possession of a certicate of ownership or equivalent document issued by a competent authority of the country of origin of the trophy, ivory or horn, and subject to subsection (4), issue a certicate of ownership in respect thereof.

(4) A certicate of ownership shall not be issued under subsection (3) in respect of any trophy, ivory or rhinoceros horn imported directly from any country to which this subsection has been applied by the Minister by notice in the Gazette unless the Director is satised that such trophy, ivory or horn has been lawfully exported from that country.

(5) Any person who (a) imports or attempts to import any trophy, ivory or rhinoceros horn in contravention of subsection (1); or (b) fails to produce any trophy, ivory or rhinoceros horn as required by subsection (3), shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Certicates of 41.

(1) Where any person kills or captures any animal under the ownership relating to authorization of a game licence, he shall, within thirty days after the hunted animals.

killing or capture, produce the animal or, as the case may be, any trophy of the animal which he wishes to retain, to a warden who shall issue a certicate of ownership in respect thereof: Provided that, if the person wishes to have any process applied in Kenya to the trophy, a warden may, upon application made to him in that behalf, extend the period of thirty days for such further period as he may consider necessary to enable the processing to be carried out before the issue of a certicate of ownership in respect of the completed trophy.

(2) Any person who fails to produce any animal or trophy as required by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both: Provided that it shall be a defence to any proceedings under this subsection for the accused to prove to the satisfaction of the court that Wildlife (Conservation and 35 Rev.

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376 his failure to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) arose from circumstances beyond his control and that he produced the animal or trophy concerned to a warden at the earliest practicable time.

42.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, any person who Certicates of is in possession of any trophy, or of any ivory or rhinoceros horn of any ownership for possession of description, without also being in possession of a certicate of ownership trophies.

in respect thereof shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence and 16 of 1977, Sch.

(a) if that person is the holder of a dealers licence under section 43, be liable to a ne not exceeding thirty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ve years or to both; or (b) in any other case, be liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

(2) This section shall not apply to the possession of a trophy by any person who has the possession solely by reason of being a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or the personal representative of a deceased person.

(3) In this section and in sections 44 and 45 certicate of ownership means (a) a certicate of ownership issued under any of the provisions of this Act; (b) a certicate of ownership issued under any former law relating to wildlife; and (c) a certicate of ownership or equivalent documents issued by a competent ofcer or other authority of the country of origin of the trophy concerned.

43.

(1) No person shall carry on the business of a dealer unless he Dealers.

is the holder of a valid dealers licence issued by a licensing ofcer.

(2) An application for a dealers licence shall be made to a licensing ofcer in the prescribed form, and the licensing ofcer may grant or, without assigning any reason therefor, refuse to grant the licence.

(3) A dealers licence (a) shall be in the prescribed form; Wildlife (Conservation and 36 [Rev.

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376 Management) (b) shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed or authorized by the rules regulating the manner, place or hours in, at or during which the licensed business may be carried on and the trophies or class of trophies which may be dealt in; (c) shall be subject to the payment of the prescribed fee, and different fees may be prescribed for different classes of dealers; (d) shall, subject to any other provision of this Act, be valid for a period of twelve months from the date of issue thereof.

(4) Any person who (a) not being the holder of a dealers licence, carries on the business of a dealer; or (b) being the holder of a dealers licence, fails to comply with any condition to which the licence is subject, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ve years or to both.

Transfer of trophies.

44.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall transfer the ownership of any trophy to any other person by way of gift, sale or otherwise unless he is in possession of a certicate of ownership in respect of the trophy and unless, at the time of the transfer, he endorses the certicate with the date of transfer and the name of the person to whom the trophy is transferred and hands over the certicate to that other person.

(2) Any person who transfers any trophy to another otherwise than in compliance with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to any transfer of ownership of a trophy by operation of law or in consequence of the death of the owner of the trophy.

Export of trophies, 45.

(1) No person shall export any live protected animal, game etc.

animal or game bird except 11 of 1983, Sch.

(a) through a customs port of entry; and Wildlife (Conservation and 37 Rev.

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376 (b) under and in accordance with an export permit issued by the Director on payment of the prescribed fee, which shall be non-refundable whether or not the permit is granted, and which permit may be refused by the Director without assigning any reason therefor.

(2) No person shall export any trophy other than a live animal except through a customs port of entry and upon production to a proper ofcer of customs of a certicate of ownership relating to that trophy.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) no person shall, without the written permission of the Minister, export any animal or trophy of a class which the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, has declared to be a prohibited export.

(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to any animal or trophy which is (a) in transit through Kenya if the animal or trophy is accompanied by the necessary transit documents issued in the country of origin or export and is entered through a customs port of entry; or (b) accompanied by a person who is in possession of, and produces to a proper ofcer of customs, a certicate issued in Tanzania or Uganda certifying that such person is lawfully authorized to export, the animal or trophy, and the person satises the ofcer of customs that (i) the certicate was issued to him; and (ii) that he is himself exporting the animal or trophy from Kenya.

(5) Any person who exports or attempts to export any animal or trophy in contravention of any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a forfeiture offence.

46.

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any class Exemptions.

of trophy from all or any of the provisions of this Part.

47.

(1) The Minister may, by regulation, prohibit, control or Game meat.

regulate the possession or movement of, or any dealings of any nature whatsoever in, any meat.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations thereunder may Wildlife (Conservation and 38 [Rev.

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376 Management) (a) provide for the licensing of persons and premises; (b) provide for the inspection of premises other than dwelling- houses; (c) specify the conditions upon which game-ranching and game cropping may be undertaken, and provide for the exemption of game-ranching and game cropping from the provisions of this Act relating to game or other licences; (d) prescribe the fees to be payable in respect of any licence, permit or authorization issued or given thereunder; (e) impose penalties, in respect of any breach of the regulations, not exceeding a ne of twenty thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both; (f) provide for the forfeiture of any meat in respect of which any breach of the regulations occurs.

Permit to keep live 48.

(1) No person shall keep in captivity any live protected animal, animals.

game animal or game bird except in accordance with a permit issued by a licensing ofcer in that behalf.

(2) A permit under this section (a) shall be in addition to any certicate of ownership required under this Act; (b) shall be issued, upon application, by the licensing ofcer unless he has reason to believe that the applicant is not a proper person to keep the animal when the licensing ofcer may refer the matter to the Director who may direct the licensing ofcer to issue or refuse the permit, and the decision of the Director thereon shall be nal.

(3) Any animal or birds kept under the authority of a permit under this section shall be made available for inspection, together with the cage or other enclosure in which it is normally kept, by any warden at all reasonable times.

(4) If, upon an inspection made under this section, a warden is satised that the animal or bird concerned is not being adequately cared for, or that the conditions under which it is kept are not reasonably healthy or humane, the warden shall report the facts to the Director who may thereupon cancel the permit concerned and conscate the animal or bird concerned which shall become the property of the Government.

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376 (5) Any person who keeps any animal or bird in contravention of subsection (1), or fails to make an animal, bird, cage or enclosure available for inspection as required by subsection (3), shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

part vIenforCement 49.

(1) An authorized ofcer may stop and detain any person Powers of ofcers.

whom he nds doing any act for which a licence or permit is required 16 of 1989, s.

under this Act or the rules for the purpose of requiring that person to produce his licence or permit, and if that person fails to produce the appropriate licence or permit he may be arrested by the ofcer without a warrant.

(2) If an authorized ofcer has reasonable grounds for believing that any person has committed an offence under this Act or the rules he may (a) require the person to produce for inspection (i) any animal, or any meat or other part of an animal, in his possession; (ii) any rearm or other weapon, trap, net or poison, or any instrument, material or thing, in relation to or in con- nexion with which any offence appears to the ofcer to have been committed; (iii) any licence, permit or other document required to be had or be kept by such person under the provisions of this Act or the rules; (b) enter and search, with or without assistance, any land, building, tent, vehicle or boat in the occupation or possession of such person, and open and search any baggage or other thing in the possession of such person: Provided that no dwelling-house shall be entered without a warrant except under exceptional circumstances; (c) seize and detain anything which appears to the ofcer to be a Government trophy, or any vehicle, boat, rearm or other weapon, trap, net or poison, or any instrument, material or thing whatsoever in relation to or in connexion with which any offence against his Act or the rules appears to have been committed or which appears to the ofcer to have been Wildlife (Conservation and 40 [Rev.

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376 Management) used in, or for the purposes of, the commission of any such offence, whether or not it is in the immediate possession of any person; (d) arrest and detain such person if he has reason to believe that such person will not appear and answer any charge which may be preferred against him.

(3) For the purpose of the more effective enforcement of the provisions of this Act, a senior ofcer, or a subordinate ofcer authorized by him in that behalf, may erect a temporary barrier across any road or place and any person approaching the barrier shall, on being required by the ofcer so to do, stop and allow the ofcer to carry out such search of his own person and of any vehicle as may appear to the ofcer to be necessary or expedient.

(4) Any person who (a) without reasonable excuse, fails to produce anything which, under the powers conferred by this section, he is required to produce; or (b) fails to stop or to allow a search when so required under subsection(3); or (c) assaults, resists or wilfully obstructs any ofcer in the exercise of the powers conferred upon such ofcer by this section, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ten thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months or to both.

(5) Neither the Government nor any ofcer shall be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur to any property during an act of seizure, or whilst such property is detained, under this section, unless the same has been caused maliciously or fraudulently or by gross neglect.

Disposal of persons 50.

(1) Any person arrested under section 49 shall forth with be arrested and things taken before a court to be dealt with according to law.

seized.

(2) Where anything other than a trophy is seized and detained 16 of 1989, s.

under section 49 of this Act it shall be forfeited to the Government after a period of three months unless within that period some person is charged with a forfeiture offence under the Act and it is alleged that Wildlife (Conservation and 41 Rev.

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376 (a) the offence was committed in relation to or in connection with that thing; or (b) the thing was used in, or for the purpose of, the commission of such an offence.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) (a) where anything seized and detained under section 49 is subject to speedy and natural decay, and it is not reasonably practicable to take effective steps to preserve the same, the ofcer by whom the same is seized or an ofcer to whose orders he is subject may, without obtaining any order from a court, destroy or otherwise dispose of that thing if he considers it desirable so to do; (b) where any apparently unlawful means of hunting cannot practicably be removed from its location it may forthwith be rendered inoperative; (c) (Deleted by 16 of 1989, s.7.).

51.

(1) Where the holder of a licence, permit, permission or Effect of conviction authorization granted or issued under this Act or the rules is convicted and powers of court.

of an offence under this Act the conviction shall, unless the court otherwise directs for reasons to be recorded in writing, have the effect of canceling the licence, permit, permission or authorization with effect from the date of conviction.

(2) The holder of a licence, permit, permission or authorization which is cancelled under subsection (1) shall, within fourteen days from the date of conviction, surrender to the court the licence or permit, or any document evidencing the permission or authorization, and any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence under this Act or the rules in respect of any game-pit, pitfall, trench or similar excavation, or any fence or enclosure, or any other device whatsoever xed to the ground, which such person has unlawfully made, used or had in his possession for the purpose of hunting, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, order that such game-pit, pitfall, trench, excavation, fence, enclosure or device shall be destroyed or obliterated by the Service in such manner as the court may specify, and any expenditure incurred on account of such order shall be a civil debt recoverable summarily from such person by the Government.

Wildlife (Conservation and 42 [Rev.

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Forfeiture.

52.

(1) Where a person is convicted of a forfeiture offence the 16 of 1989, s.8.

court shall, unless it considers, for reasons to be recorded by the court, that in all the circumstances of the case it would be unjust so to do, order that any animal, trophy, weapon, net, vehicle, instrument, material or thing whatsoever, whether similar to those enumerated or not, in relation to, in connexion with, or by means of which the offence has been committed shall be forfeited to the Government.

(2) Where anything other than a Government trophy has been seized and detained under section 49 of this Act and a person charged with forfeiture offence in relation thereto within three months of the seizure has not appeared to answer the charge that thing shall be forfeited to the Government.

(3) (Deleted by 16 of 1989, s.8.).

Ineligibility to hold 53.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, any person licences, etc.

who is convicted of an offence under this Act or the rules, or under any law relating to the preservation of wild game for the time being in force in Tanzania or Uganda, shall be disqualied from holding a licence or permit under this Act or the rules for a period of three years from the date of the conviction: Provided that the Minister may, in any particular case, direct that this section shall not apply or that the period of disqualication shall be reduced.

Conduct of 54.

Any warden may, subject to the directions of the Attorney- prosecutions.

General, conduct any prosecution for an offence under this Act or the Cap.

75.

rules, and shall for that purpose have all the powers conferred upon a public prosecutor by the Criminal Procedure Code.

Exemption of ofcers 55.

Nothing in this Act shall be constructed as rendering an ofcer of the Service.

of the Service guilty of an offence under this Act or the rules in respect of anything done by him in the course of his duty as such ofcer, but where the ofcer is charged with such an offence the onus of proving that anything done by him was done in the course of his duty shall lie upon him.

General penalties.

56.

(1) Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act for which no other penalty is expressly provided shall be liable Wildlife (Conservation and 43 Rev.

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376 (a) if the offence is committed in respect of a protected animal or an animal mentioned in Part I of the First Schedule, or in respect of any trophy of that animal, to a ne not exceeding forty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both; (b) if the offence is committed in respect of an animal mentioned in Part II of the First Schedule, or in respect of any trophy of that animal, to a ne not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to imprisonment of a term not exceeding ve years or to both; (c) if the offence is a forfeiture offence not included in paragraph (a) or (b), to a ne not exceeding fteen thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both; (d) in any other case, to a ne not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

(2) Upon the conviction of any person for an offence under this Act which relates to more than one animal or trophy the court may inict an additional punishment in respect of each animal or trophy after the rst of a ne not exceeding six thousand shillings, or one-half of the ne prescribed by this Act for the offence, whichever is the less.

57.

(1) Where a corporation is guilty of an offence under this Corporations and rms.

Act or the rules, every director, secretary or ofcer of the corporation shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent, also be liable to be prosecuted, tried, convicted and punished for that offence.

(2) Where any rm or individual has, in the course of business, committed any offence under this Act or the rules then, without prejudice to the liability of the rm or individual for the offence, every manager or other person concerned in the management of such business shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent, also be liable to be prosecuted, tried, convicted and punished for that offence.

57A.

(1) The President may, through the Commissioner of Police, Use of rearms.

make available to the Service such rearms as may be necessary for the 16 of 1989, s.

Service to effectively carry out its functions under this Act.

(2) A member of the Service may use rearms to the extent Wildlife (Conservation and 44 [Rev.

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376 Management) necessary for the efcient management and conservation of wildlife including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing (a) in the course of law enforcement, against (i) any person in lawful custody charged with an offence punishable under section 56 (1) (a), (b) or (c) when that person is escaping or attempting to escape; (ii)any person who by force rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from lawful custody; (iii) any person who by force rescues or attempts to prevent the lawful arrest of himself or any other person; and (iv) any person unlawfully hunting game animal or protected animal in any place or hunting any animal, bird or reptile within a National Park, National Reserve or local sanctuary; (b) in the course of animal population control and management and also for the protection of persons and property against any animal, bird or reptile causing destruction to human life or property or crops: Provided that resort to the use of rearms shall not be had (i) under paragraph (a) (i) of this subsection unless the member of the Service concerned has reasonable grounds to believe that he cannot otherwise prevent the escape and unless he has given warning to the person that he is about to use rearms against him and the warning is unheeded; (ii) under paragraph (a) (ii) or paragraph (a) (iii) of this subsection unless the member of the Service concerned believes on reasonable grounds that he or any other person is in danger of grievous bodily harm or that he cannot otherwise prevent the rescue, or, as the case may be, the arrest.

part vIIthe WIldlIfe fund 58.

(Repealed by No.

16 of 1989, s.

10.).

59.

(Repealed by No.

16 of 1989, s.

10.).

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(Repealed by No.

16 of 1989, s.

10.).

part vIIIgeneral provIsIons as to offICers, etC., of the servICe 61.

(1) Any person who, not being a member of the Service, is in Unlawful possession possession of an article which has been supplied to any such member of Service property, for use in the execution of his duties as such, and who fails to account etc.

satisfactorily for such possession shall be guilty of an offence.

16 of 1989, Sch.

(2) Any person who, without lawful authority (a) purchases or receives any article which has been supplied to a member of the Service for use in the execution of his duties as such; (b) aids or abets a member of the Service in selling or disposing of any such article; (c) assumes the uniform or any distinctive part thereof, of, or otherwise pretends to act as or to personate, any member of the Service, shall be guilty of an offence.

part IXmIsCellaneous 62.

Where any person suffers any bodily injury from or is killed Compensation for by any animal, the person injured or in the case of a deceased person, personal injury or any other person who was dependant upon him at the date of his death, death.

may make application to a district committee established by this section, 16 of 1989, s.11.

for the award of compensation for the injury or death: Provided that no compensation shall be claimable where the injury or death occurred (a) in the course of any conduct on the part of the person concerned which would constitute an offence under this Act; or (b) in the course of normal wildlife utilization activities.

(2) For the purposes of receiving and considering applications under subsection (1), and of awarding compensation thereunder, there is hereby established in each district a committee which shall consist of (a) the District Commissioner, who shall be the chairman of Wildlife (Conservation and 46 [Rev.

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376 Management) the committee; (b) the Divisional Ofcer of the Service; (c) the Ofcer in Charge of the Police Division; (d) the District Medical Ofcer; (e) one Elected Member of the National Assembly representing a constituency in the district, who shall be appointed by the Minister; (f) the chairman of County Council in the district; and (g) three other members appointed by the Minister to represent the general public of the district.

(3) A District Committee may co-opt any person whom it considers may assist it either generally or for the consideration of any particular case.

(4) Compensation awarded under this section shall be payable out of moneys provided by Parliament for that purpose.

Land use.

63.

Where any written law, or any document of title to any land, makes a reference to improvements to such land, or to principles of good husbandry, or any like reference which relates to livestock, such reference shall be deemed to include any game-ranching, game cropping or other wildlife utilization lawfully undertaken under the rules.

Application of Act to 64.

The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that non-game animals.

any provision of this Act shall apply to any animal not mentioned in a Schedule, or to any trophy or meat of any such animal, and upon publication of such notice the animal concerned shall be deemed to be a game animal or game bird for the purposes of such provision.

Appeal to Tribunal.

65.

(1) There is hereby established an Appeal Tribunal which 11 of 1992, Sch.

shall be known as the Wildlife Conservation and Management Service Appeal Tribunal.

(2) The Tribunal shall consider and determine appeals from any decision in any matter, wherein any person is aggrieved by a refusal of the grant or issue of, or by any condition other than a prescribed condition attached to, or the cancellation or suspension of, any licence, permit or authorization under this Act.

(3) Any person who is dissatised with the manner in which Wildlife (Conservation and 47 Rev.

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376 compensation is made or not made under section 62 may appeal to the Tribunal within the time prescribed by regulations made under section 67(g).

(4) Appeals to the Tribunal under this Act shall be made within thirty days of the date of the decision appealed against.

(5) The Tribunal shall consist of (a) the chairman appointed by the Minister; and (b) not less than two and not more than ve other members appointed by the Minister of whom one shall be appointed for his knowledge of wildlife management and conservation.

(6) There shall be an assessor to the Tribunal who shall be an advocate of not less than ve years standing appointed by the Tribunal with the approval of the Minister and the assessor, when the Tribunal so requires, shall attend the proceedings of the Tribunal and advise it on questions of law.

(7) The Minister shall appoint a public ofcer to be secretary to the Tribunal.

(8) For the purposes of hearing and determining the appeals, by the Tribunal (a) the chairman or other person presiding may administer oaths; (b) the chairman may, by notice under his hand, summon any person to attend and give evidence and to produce any relevant document.

(9) The cost of the appeal shall be in the discretion of the Tribunal, which may make such order as to costs as appear to it just; and any such costs shall be recoverable as a civil debt.

(10) Any person who, after payment or tender to him of his reasonable expenses, without reasonable excuse fails, when summoned by the Tribunal, to attend and give evidence or produce any document which he is required to produce shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding ve thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

66.

Where any licence, permit or authorization granted or issued under this Act or the rules has been lost or destroyed, the person to Wildlife (Conservation and 48 [Rev.

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whom it was granted or issued may apply to the ofcer by whom it was issued for a duplicate thereof which may be issued at the discretion of that ofcer upon payment of the prescribed fee.

67.

The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying Power to make into effect of the provisions of this Act, and, without prejudice to the regulations.

generality of such powers, the regulations may 2 of 2002, Sch.

(a) specify the conditions subject to which any licence, permit or authorization may be granted or issued under this Act; (b) prescribe the procedure to be followed in respect of an application for the licence, permit or authorization; (c) classify game licences and specify the animals which may be included in any game licence, and the numbers thereof which may be hunted under that licence; (d) limit the number of game licences which may be issued to any person or in respect of any specied period or area; (e) prohibit the use of any specied type or calibre of weapon in the hunting of any specied type of game animal or game bird; (f) restrict, regulate or otherwise control the supply of trophies to dealers; (g) make provision for the manner and time in which applications for the award of compensation under section 62 may be made, for prescribing the level of such compensation and for the regulation of the proceedings of District Committees established under that section and the Appeal Tribunal established under section 65 and the manner and time within which appeals under section 65(3) may be made; (h) make provision for the training of personnel for the service.

FIRST SCHEDULE (s.

2) Part I game anImals Elephant.Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach).

Leopard.Panthera pardus (L.).

Lion.All races of Panthera leo (L).

Rhinoceros.Diceros bicornis (L.).

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376 Part II Bongo.Boocercus euryceros (Ogilby).

Giraffe, Reticulated .Giraffa Camelopardalis reticulata (De Winton).

Giraffe, Rothschild .Giraffa Camelopardalis rothschildi Krumbiegel.

Hartebeeste, Kenya.Alcelaphus buselaphus Kenyae (Gnther).

Kudu, Greater.Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas).

Monkey, Black and White Colobus .All races of Colobus abyssinicus (Oken).

Oryx, Beisa.Oryx beisabeisa (Ruppell).

Oryx, Fringe-eared Oryx beisa callotis (Thomas).

Zebra, Grevy .Equus grevyi (Oustalet).

Part III African Wild Cat.All races of Felis lybica Forster.

Buffalo .Syncercus caffer (Sparrman).

Bushbuck .Tragelaphus scriptus (Fallas).

Civet .All species of the genera Civettictus (Pocock) and Nandinia (Gray).

Crocodile .Crocodilus niloticus (Laurenti).

Dikdik.Rhynoctragus kirki (Gnther) and Rhynoctragus guentheri (Thomas).

Duiker, Red or Harveys .All races of Cephalophus natalensis A.

Smith.

Duiker, Blue .All races of Cephalophus monticola (Thunberg).

Duiker, Fosters or Hooks Black-fronted.All races of Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray.

Duiker, Grey .All races of Sylvicapra grimmia (L.).

Eland .Taurotragus oryx (Pallas).

Gazelle, Grants .All races of Gazella granti Brooke.

Gazelle, Thomsons .Gazella thomsoni Gnther.

Genet .All species and races of genus Wildlife (Conservation and 50 [Rev.

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376 Management) Genetta (Oken).

Gerenuk.Litocranius walleri (Brooke).

Giant Forest Hog.Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (Thomas).

Giraffe, Common.All races of Giraffa camelopardalis (L.).

Hartebeeste, Cokes .Alcelaphus buselaphus cokei (Gnther).

Hippopotamus.Hippopotamus amphibius (L.).

Honey-badger (Ratel).Mellivora capensis (Schreber).

Hyrax, Rock .Procavia capensis (Pallas).

Heterohyrax brucei (Gray).

Hyrax, Tree.Dendrohyrax arboreus (A.

Smith).

Heterohyrax brucei (Gray).

Impala.Aeypceros melampus (Lichtenstein).

Jackal.Canis aureus (L.), Canis adustus Sundevall and Canis mesomelas Schreber.

Klipspringer.Oreotragus oreotragus (Zimmermann).

Kudu, Lesser .Tragelaphus imberbis Blyth.

Zebra, Common .Equus burchelli (Gray).

Monkey, Blue or Sykes .All races of Cercopithecus mitis (Wolff).

Monkey, Putty-nosed All races of Cercopithecus nictitans (L.).

Monkey, Vervet.All races of Cercopithecus aethiops (L.).

Oribi, Cottons and.All species and races of the genus Haggards and Kenya Ourebia (Laurillard).

Ostrich .All races of Struthio camelus (L.).

Otter, River and ClawlessAll members of the genera Lutra (Brisson) and Aonyx (Lesson).

Reedbuck, Bohor.Redunca redunca (Pallas).

Reedbuck, Chanlers.Redunca fulvorufula chanleri (W.

Rothschild).

SteenbokRaphicerus campestris (Thunberg).

Suni.All races of Nesotragus moschatus Von Ducben.

Topi.Damaliscus korrigum (Ogilby).

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376 Warthog.Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas).

Waterbuck, Common.Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby).

Waterbuck, Defassa.Kobus defassa (Rppell).

Wild Dog .Lycaon pictus (Temminck).

Wildebeeste.All races of Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell).

SECOND SCHEDULE (s.

2) game BIrds Geese and Ducks.All members of the family Anatidae (Geese, Ducks, Pochards, Teals, Wigeons, Shovelers).

Francolins, Partridges, Quails, Guinea Fowls and Spurfowls All members of the families Phasianidae and Turnicidae.

Lesser Bustards .All members of the general Eupodotis, Lophotis and Lissotis.

Snipe.All members of the general Rostratula, Capella and Lymnocryptes.

Sandgrouse .All members of the family Pteroclididae.

Pigeons and Doves.All members of the family Columbidae THIRD SCHEDULE (s.

2) proteCted anImals L.N.

126/1981.

Any game animal which is obviously immature, i.e.

not fully grown.

Any female game animal when it is either (a) clearly or seemingly pregnant; or (b) in a condition indicating that it is suckling young, whether or not the young are apparent; or (c) accompanied by immature young, whether dependent or not.

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Albino and melanic animals of whatever species.

All birds other than Game Birds, or queleas (genus Quelea) and Mouse-birds (genus Collius).

Any animal of any of the following species, sub-species or groups: Aardvark.Oryctoropus afer (Pallas).

Aardwolf .Proteles cristatus (Sparrman).

Bat-eared Fox.Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest).

Caracal or Lynx.Felis caracal Schreber.

Cheetah .Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber).

Dugong .Dugong dugong (Mueller).

Duiker, Abbotts .Cephalophus spadix True.

Duiker, Yellow-backed .Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius).

Golden Cat.Felis aurata Temminck.

Hartebeeste, var.

Jacksons.Stipulated sub-species or races of Lelwel, or Neumanns Alcelaphus buselaphus with the exception of Cokes hartebeeste (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokei) Gnther.

Hunters Antelope (or Hirola).Damaliscus hunteri (P.L.

Sclater).

Kob, Thomass.Adonota kob thomasi (P.L.Sclater).

Monkey, De Brazzas .All races of Cercopithecus neglectus Schlegel.

Monkey, Mangabey.All races of Cercocebus galeritus Peters.

Monkey, Red or Patas .All races of Erythrocerus patas (Schreber).

Potto.All races of Perodicticus potto (P.L.S.

Mller).

Pangolins.All members of the family Manidae.

Roan Antelope.All races of Hippotragus equines (Desmarest).

Sable Antelope.All races of Hippotragus niger (Harris).

Serval Cat.All races of Felis brachyura (Wagner) and Felis serval (Schreber).

Sitatunga.All races of Tragelaphus spekei (P.L.

Sclater).

Turtle, Green Marine.Chelonia mydas (L.).

Turtle, HawksbillChelone imbricata (L.).

Baboons .All races of Papio anubis.

Bushbabies .All members of the family Galagidae.

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3E (1)) The ranks of some of the members of the Service in order of seniority 16 of 1989, s.

12.

shall include the following- L.N.

51/ 2007.

Gazetted ofcers: (a) Ofcers of Field Rank- Director.

Deputy Director.

Senior Assistant Director.

Assistant Director.

Senior Warden.

(b) Senior Ofcers- Warden I.

Warden II.

Junior ofcers: Assistant Warden I.

Assistant Warden II.

Assistant Warden III.

Field Assistant.

Rangers: Ranger Sergeant Major.

Senior Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Corporal.

Ranger.

54 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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2), a substantial amount of subsidiary legislation (notably declarations of National Parks, now to be made under section 6 of the Act, and of National Reserves, now to be made under section 18 of the Act) made under the two Acts repealed by section 68 of the Act are still in force and are likely to remain in force for some time.

Reference must therefor still for the time being be made to subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Acts.

L.N.

92/1978, National Parks declared under section 6L.N.

13/1983, Kisite Marine National Park.

L.N.

18/1983, South Island National Park.

L.N.

100/1983, Mount Longonot National Park.

L.N.

13/1984, Central Island National Park.

L.N.

368/1986, Ruma National Park.

L.N.

315/1986, Hells Gate National Park.

L.N.

426/1990.

Ndere Island National Park.

Mombasa Marine National Park.

Arabuko Sokoke National Park.

Regulations under section 12 L.N.

122 / 1976.

THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) (RECOGNIZED AIRFIELDS) REGULATIONS 1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) (Recognized Airelds) Regulations.

The following are recognized airelds for the purposes of the Act (a) Voi Aireld.

(b) Tsavo Tsafaris Aireld.

(d) Kilaguni Aireld.

(e) Aruba Aireld.

(f) Meru Mulika Aireld.

(h) Meru Park Headquarters Aireld.

(g) Kamboyo Aireld.

(i) Koobi Fora Aireld.

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[Subsidiary] (k) Lambwe Valley Aireld.

(l)Amboseli Aireld.

(m) Samburu/Buffalo Springs Aireld.

(n) Mara Serena Aireld.

(o) Keekorok Aireld.

56 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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219/ 1976, Regulations under section 16 L.N.

193/ 1981, THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) L.N.

16/ 1982, (NATIONAL PARKS) REGULATIONS L.N.

29/ 1984, L.N.

205/ 1984, L.N.

369/ 1987, L.N.

62/ 1990, L.N.

507/ 1990, L.N.

213/ 1991, L.N.

509/ 1991, L.N.

419/ 1992, L.N.

103/ 1993, L.N.

409/ 1993, L.N.

37/ 1994, L.N.

181/ 1995, L.N.

9/ 1996, L.N.

49/ 1997, L.N.

9/ 2003, L.N.

149/ 2003, L.N.

42/ 2006.

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) (National Parks) Regulations.

Interpretation.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires National Park means both National Parks as dened in the Act and the Marsabit and Shimba Hills National Reserves and where specied, Marine National Parks and Marine National Reserves; prescribed fee means a fee for entry into a National Park or a Marine National Park/Reserve as provided in Parts II to IV, both inclusive, in the Schedule; private motor vehicle means any motor vehicle other than a motor Cap.

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vehicle licensed as a public service vehicle within the meaning of the Trafc Act; road means the actual driving surface of any maintained road, or demarcated route for four-wheeled trafc, and includes prescribed bridges, crossings or drifts in a National Park; special car pass means a pass to enter any National Park granted to the owner of any motor vehicle specied in such pass upon payment of the fee prescribed in Part IV of the Schedule; stopping-place means any area, place or road which has been demarcated by the Directors authority as such, by the erection or placing of a notice, sign or mark, as a place at or in which any person may stop, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Director.

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(1) No person shall, except with the permission of the Director or an Entry to National ofcer of the Service of the rank above the rank of Assistant Warden or an agent Parks.

of the Director duly authorised in that behalf enter a National Park unless he has paid the prescribed fee or is one of the permitted occupants of a vehicle in respect of which a special car pass is in force.

(1A) There shall be two categories of fees for entry into a National Park, one for citizens of Kenya and the other for non-citizens of Kenya, as specied in the Schedule.

and for the purposes of these Regulations a resident non-citizen Cap.

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excludes one holding a visitors pass under the Immigration Act.

(1B) An application for a special car pass shall be accompanied by two passport-size photographs of the applicant and the application shall specify the applicants nationality, residence status in Kenya and passport number or national identity card number.

(2) The Director or any ofcer of the Service or an agent of the Director duly authorised in that behalf, may refuse permission to any person to enter or be within a National Park if in his opinion the presence of such person in the National Park would be detrimental to the proper management and control of the National Park and any such person, may, if found within the National Park, be ordered to leave the National Park.

(3) In this regulation, permitted occupant means one of the persons entitled under the terms of a special car pass to enter a National Park in the car in respect of which any such pass is issued and is in force.

(1) The Director or any ofcer of the Service or an agent of the Director Closure of National duly authorised in that behalf in writing may, for such periods or at such times Parks as he may consider t for the protection of animal or vegetable life, or for the safety of the public, or for the protection of a road, or for climatic reasons, or for any other reason do either of the following- (a) close to the public any portion of a National Park or any road or part of a road within a National Park; or (b) close to any class of people or kind of trafc, any portion of a National Park, or any road or part of a road within a National Park.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any portion of a National Park, or any road or part of a road, whereon by authority of the Director there has been placed a notice, a sign, a mark, a fence, a gate or a barricade indicating that it has been closed either to the public or to any class of people or kind of trafc, shall be deemed to be closed.

(1) Except with the special permission of the Director or an ofcer of Prohibited acts.

the Service duly authorised, no person shall (a) enter or leave any National Park elsewhere than at a place approved by the Director as an entrance or exit; or 58 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] (b) be within any National Park unless he is in a stopping place, or unless he is in a motor vehicle designed to travel on not less than four wheels; or (c) be within any National Park or any portion thereof between the hours of 7.15 p.m.

and 6a.m.; or (d) drive, or cause to be driven, a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 40 km.

an hour; or (e) cause a vehicle to be stopped on any road in such a manner as to obstruct or impede the passage of any other vehicles; or (f) drive or cause to be driven, a motor vehicle than on open and maintained roads; or (g) alight from or get out of, or stand up in/on a motor vehicle, except in a stopping place; or (h) display any notice or advertisement within a National Park, or on any boundary of a National Park; or (i) collect any money from members of the public, or sell any goods, or offer any goods for sale, or purchase any goods or carry on any trade, within a National Park.

Nuisances.

Except with the special permission of the Director or an ofcer of the Service, or of a duly authorised agent of the Director, no person, while within any National Park shall (a) discard any refuse or litter; or (b) in any other way disgure the National Park or part thereof; or (c) unnecessary cause or make any noise or do any act which is likely to disturb or annoy any other person.

Service badges, 7.

Except with the special permission of the Director or an ofcer of the uniforms, etc., not to Service duly authorised or an agent of the Director, no person shall make use be worn.

of or wear any badge, uniform or emblem authorized to be worn by ofcers of the Service or agent of the Director.

Enticement of 8.

Except with the special permission of the Director, no person animals and use of shall weapons.

(a) entice, or cause to be enticed, any animal out of a National Park; or (b) intentionally discharge any weapon; or (c) release any appliance, so that a projectile therefrom passes over Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 any portion of, or falls, within a National Park.

[Subsidiary] 9.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations Penalties.

(including regulation 5) or of any lawful order or directive given thereunder by the Director or by an ofcer of the Service shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a ne not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months, or to both.

SCHEDULE PART I PASSES 1.

There shall be in use in the National Parks the following authorized passes (a) a duty pass which shall be in form 1.

(b) a special pass which shall be in form 2.

FORM 1 DUTY PASS No.

THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT The bearer of this pass.

of .is authorized to enter .National Park/Reserve from.

to.

in the course of ofcial duty.

Date of issue Date of expiry.

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HOLDER Director THIS PASS IS VALID FOR THE HOLDER ONLY 60 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] FORM 2 repuBlIC of Kenya THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT SPECIAL PASS No.

Name.

Address.

PHOTOGRAPH.

OF THE.

HOLDER Date of Issue.

Date of Expiry.

Signature of Pass Holder.

Director DIRECTORS INSTRUCTIONS The ofcer in charge of any gate into any National Park/Reserve is instructed that the holder, and any person (s) accompanying him/her, is to be granted all courtesies, and all entries and exits made into or out of any National Park/Reserve by the pass holder shall be recorded in the pass.

natIonal date of numBer of date of offICers parK or entry passengers eXIt InItIals reserve Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 REPUBLIC OF KENYA FORM 3 [Subsidiary] AUTHORISED OFFICERS PASS No.

THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT The holder of this card.

.has been appointed an.

of the Kenya National Parks/Reserves and has been granted powers of arrest and search specied in section 49 of Wildlife (Conservation and Management) Act.

Date of issue.

Date of expiry.

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HOLDER.

Director Note:This pass must be returned to the Director on withdrawal of authority or soon after the date of expiry.

part IIfees for vehICles, Boats and aIrCrafts L.N.

42/2006.

Fees for Public Service Vehicles stationed in national parks and operating from hotels and lodges, camps and other places within the parks: Annual Entry Fee KSh.

(a) For any vehicle with seating accommodation for not more than ve passengers and commercial vehicles of less than two tonnes 30,000 (b) For any vehicle with seating accommodation for more than ve but less than thirteen passengers and commercial vehicles more than two tonnes but not more than ve tonnes 50,000 62 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] (c) For any vehicle with seating accommodation for thirteen or more passengers and commercial vehicles of more than ve tonnes 100,000 (d) For delivery vehicles (per entry) 500 2.

Annual fees for commercial tourist boats stationed in marine reserves or operating from hotels and lodges, camps and other places within the parks and reserves 15,000 3.

Fees for annual passes for private non- commercial boats to enter national parks and marine national parks and marine reserves 5,000 4.

Fees for single entries of boats to national parks and marine reserves 300 5.

Fees for single entries to national parks by vehicles and aircrafts Per Entry (a) For any motor vehicle with seating KSh.

accommodation for not more than ve passengers per day 300 (b) For any motor vehicle with seating accommodation for more than ve but less than thirteen passengers 800 (c) For any motor vehicle with seating accommodation for more than twelve but less than twenty-ve passengers 1,500 (d) For any motor vehicle with seating accommodation for more than twenty-four but less than forty-ve passengers 3,000 Annual Entry Fee (e) For any motor vehicle with seating accommodation for KSh.

forty-ve or more passengers 5,000 (f) For gliders and microlights 200 (g) For trucks 13 tonnes 500 47 tonnes 2,000 Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 more than 7 tonnes 3,000 [Subsidiary] (h) For any aircraft with seating accommodation for not more than two passengers (less than 3) 300 (i) For any aircraft with seating accommodation for more than two but less than seven passengers (36) 500 (j) For any aircraft with seating accommodation for more than seven but less than fourteen passengers (714) 1,000 (k) For any aircraft with seating accommodation for more than fteen but less than twenty passengers (1520) 2,000 (l) For any aircraft with seating accommodation for twenty-one or more passengers (21 and above) 3,000 part IIIfees for entry Into natIonal parKs L.N.

42/2006.

Daily fees for entry into a national park (a) for any person aged 18 years and above Kenyan Residents Non-Residents Citizens KSh.

KSh.

US$ Category A parks 200 1,000 40 Category B parks 100 500 20 Category C parks 100 300 10 Category D parks and reserves 100 300 10 Mt.

Kenya 200 500 20 (b) for child aged 3 years and above but below 18 years Category A parks 100 500 20 Category B parks 50 250 10 Category C parks 50 150 5 Category D parks and reserves 50 150 5 Mt.

Kenya 100 200 8 64 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] (c) for students (residents/non-residents) aged below twenty-three years and must have 2 weeks prior approval of Kenya Wildlife Service and on production of a recognised valid students pass or identity card.Individual students without arrangements from their institutions will not enjoy the concession rate: Category A parks 50 100 10 Category B parks 50 100 10 Category C parks 50 100 10 Category D parks and reserves 50 100 5 Mt.

Kenya 50 100 82.

Fees for annual passes for persons and their private motor vehicles or boats with seating accommodation not exceeding thirteen passengers to enter any national park or marine national park or reserve shall be as follows: Annual Entry Fee KSh.

(a) For any persons aged 18 years and above and personalised 7,000 (b) Tour driver personalised 6,000 (c) Service crew 5,000 (d) Corporate pass 36,000 (e) For any child aged 3 years but below 18 years 7,500 (f) Marine parks and reserves adult personalised 5,000 (g) Marine parks and reserves child (318) and personalised 2,500 (h) For replacement of smartcard 1,000 3.

Mountaineering fees for any person to climb Mt.

Kenya (xed rate rst 3 days minimum) Kenyan Non-residents Residents Citizens US$ KSh.

KSh.

(a) for persons aged 18 years and above 1,000 2,000 50 (b) for any child aged 3 years but below 18 years 400 1,200 50 Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 [Subsidiary] (c) for any member of an organised group of at least 10 (with 2 weeks prior approval of Kenya Wildlife Service) or group of 10 students aged below 23 years on production of a valid student pass or identity cards 400 600 40 *Any additional days will be charged at daily rates.

Daily fees for entry into a marine National park or reserve Kenyan Non-residents Residents Citizens KSh.

US$ KSh.

(a) for any person aged 18 years 100 10 300 and above (b) for any child aged 3 years but 50 5 150 below 18 years (c) for any member of an organised group of a least 10 (with 2 weeks prior approval of Kenya Wildlife Service) or students aged below 23 years on production of a recognised valid cards 50 5 100 part Ivfees for naIroBI anImal orphanage, naIroBI safarI WalK and Impala sanCtuary Daily fees for entry into the Nairobi Animal Orphanage, Nairobi Safari Walk and Impala Sanctuary: Residents Non-residents Citizens KSh.

US$ Ksh.

(a) for every child aged 3 years and above but below 18 years 150 5 50 (b) for any person aged 18 years 300 10 100 and above (c) for any member of any organised group (with 2 weeks prior approval of Kenya Wildlife Service) or student aged below 23 years on production of a valid studentspass or identity card 50 5 20 66 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] part vfees for araBuKo soKoKe forest, KaKamega forest, shImBa hIlls L.N.

42 / 2006.

reserve, tana rIver prImate and ndere Island and all other parKs Residents Non-residents Citizens KSh.

US$ KSh.

(a) For any person aged 18 years and above 500 20 100 (b) For any child aged 3 years and above but below 18 years 250 10 50 (c) For any member of an organised group (with 2 weeks prior approval of Kenya Wildlife Service) or students aged below 23 years on production of valid students pass or identity card 200 5 50 L.N.

42 / 2006.

part vIfees for CampIng and aCCommodatIon Residents Non-residents Citizens KSh.

US$ KSh.

(a) For any person aged 18 years and above in a public camp site in categories A parks and reserves (per night) 300 10 150 (b) For any person aged 18 years and above in a public camp site in category B, C, D or Other parks and reserves (per night) 150 5 150 (c) For any person aged 18 years and above in a special camp site (per night)- Category A 500 25 150 Category B, C, D, Other 300 15 150 (d) For any member of an organised group of at least 10 in a public or special camp (with 2 weeks prior approval of Kenya Wildlife Service) students or child aged below 3 years and above but below 18 years in all categories of parks and reserves (per night) 100 5 50 Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 2.

Accommodation fees per night for organised groups (with prior approval of [Subsidiary] Kenya Wildlife Service) for persons staying in a eld study center established in a national park Residents/Citizen Non-Residents KSh.

US$ (a) For any student on production of a valid students pass or identity card 100 5 (b) For any non student 250 10 3.

There shall be payable a non-refundable reservation fee in respect of all designated special camp sites at the following rates: (a) Designated special camp site reservation fee per week or part thereof shall be seven thousand ve hundred Kenya Shillings.

(b) Guided foot or horse safaris per person per day shall be one thousand shillings and ve hundred shillings per half-day (4 hours) whether the person is alone or in a group, in addition to the park entry fees.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a daily fee is a fee for one day (twenty-four hours or part thereof) of continuous stay within a specied national park.

Student is hereby dened as an individual from a recognised tertiary institution visiting the parks for purposes of learning about conservation through documented and organised arrangement with that institution.

This excludes students on personally arranged holidays.

SMARTCARD REPLACEMENT FEE L.N.

42 / 2006.

Card replacement fee (per card) KSh.

1,000 part vIIservICes and speCIal aCtIvIty Half day (KSh.) Full day (KSh.) Security service per section of ten men per day N/A 75,000 Public site reservation Category A 75,000 Public site reservation Category B 37,500 68 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] Vehicle recovery inside park N/A7,500 Special Activity: Duration Rate (KShs) Rate (US$).

Night Game Drive per person per trip 1,200 15 Lake Boating per hour 1,000 15 Guided tours, per guide per 4 hours 1,500 20 Guided tours, per guide over 4 hours 2,500 30 River rafting per trip 1,200 15 Walking safaris per 4 hours 1,200 15 For the purposes of these Regulations, National Parks shall be categorized as follows: Category A Aberdares National Park Amboseli National Park Lake Nakuru National Park Tsavo East National Park Tsavo West National Park Meru National Park Nairobi National Park Category B Shimba Hills National Reserve Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve Ndere Island Tana Primate Reserve Kakamega Forest All other Parks and Reserves Category C All Marine Parks and Reserves Category D Nairobi Safari Walk Animal Orphanage Impala Sanctuary Special Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 Mt.

Kenya [Subsidiary] For the purposes of these Regulations, East African citizens will be charged like Kenyan citizens in all parks and reserves managed by Kenya Wildlife Service.

National Reserves declared under section 18 (1) The Dadori National Reserve.

L.N.

75/ 1976, L.N.

91/ 1978, Mpunguti Marine National Reserve.

L.N.

186/ 1979, L.N.

187/ 1979, South Kitui (Thua) National Reserve.

L.N.

261/ 1979, L.N.

290 / 1979, North Kitui National Reserve.

L.N.

291/ 1979, L.N.

300/ 1979, Bisanadi National Reserve.

L.N.

13/1983, L.N.

101/ 1983, South Turkana National Reserve.

L.N.

95 / 1985, L.N.

188 / 1985, Kiunga Marine National Reserve.

L.N.

189 / 1985, L.N.

49 / 1986, Nalosot National Reserve.

L.N.

316 /1986, L.N.

526 / 1991, Kerio Valley National Reserve.

L.N.

196 / 1995.

Kamnarok National Reserve.

Buffallo Springs National Reserve.

Kakamega National Reserve.

Samburu National Reserve.

Mombasa Marine National Reserve.

Laikipia National Reserve.

Diani Chale Marine National Reserve.

Declaration of closed seasons under section 38 L.N.

141/ 2003.

No game bird specied in the rst column of the Schedule shall be hunted and shot during the periods specied in the second column of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Game Birds Period Guinea fowls, francolins, partridges, 1st April to 30th June and 70 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] spurfowls 1st November to 31st January.

Sandgrouse 1st April to 30th June and 1st November to 31st January.

Ducks, geese, snipe 1st April to 31 October.

Maccoa ducks, black ducks, white-backed 1st January to 31st December.

ducks, spur-winged geese, pigmy geese Pigeons, doves 1st May to 31st May.

Quails No closed season.

Lesser bustards 1st January to 31st December.

Declaration of Prohibited Exports under section 45 1.

Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the following trophies are prohibited exports (a) trophies of the protected animals specied in the Third Schedule to the Act; (b) elephant tusks; (c) hippopotamus teeth; (d) rhinoceros horns; (e) crocodile, leopard, lion and zebra skins.

(2) The items specied in sub-paragraph (b) to (e) inclusive of paragraph 1 may be exported by agents for foreign principals where the items have been (a) purchased from the Government; (b) held prior to export in Government bonded warehouse; (c) at all times prior to export processed, handled and loaded by authorised servants or agents of the Government; and (d) paid for in foreign currency.

Nothing in this notice shall prevent the export of any trophy lawfully acquired by any person where the trophy is part of the personal or household effects of that person and is not intended to be resold, or otherwise dealt with for gain, and that person otherwise complies with all relevant provisions of the Act.

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376 Regulations under section 67 [Subsidiary] THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) L.N.

57 / 1976.

(CONTROL OF RAW IVORY) REGULATIONS 1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) (Control of Raw Ivory) Regulations.

(1) Raw ivory is hereby declared to be a prohibited import and export and shall not be imported or exported by any person or organization other than the Government.

(2) Subparagragh (1) does not apply to raw ivory obtained accordance with the provision of the Act.

(3) Raw ivory required for manufacturing or for ornament in Kenya shall be purchased from the Ivory Room at Mombasa or at any place as may be established from time to time by the Government.

THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) L.N.

107/ 1981, REGULATIONS L.N.

155 / 1984, L.N.

488 / 1991, 1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and L.N.

54 / 2002.

Management) Regulations.

A consent for mines shall be in Form 1 in the First Schedule.

An authority for cinematograph/photography lm shall be in Form 2 in the First Schedule.

A game licence shall be in Form 3 in the First Schedule.

A register of game animals and/or birds shall be in Form 4 in the First Schedule.

A Directors special authority shall be in Form 5 in the First Schedule.

A professional hunters licence shall be in Form 6 in the First Schedule.

A certicate of ownership of hunted animals shall be in Form 7 in the First Schedule.

A certicate of ownership for possession of trophies shall be in Form 8 in the First Schedule.

10.

A dealers licence shall be in either Form 9 or Form 10 in the First Schedule, whichever is appropriate.

11.

An application for the dealers licence shall be in Form 11 in the First Schedule.

72 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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There is hereby established a Committee to process the applications for the foregoing licences, which shall be composed of the following: (a) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, or his nominee, as chairman; (b) the Director of Wildlife (Conservation and Management) Service, or his nominee, as deputy chairman; (c) the Licensing Ofcer, as secretary; (d) the Chief Tourist Ofcer; and (e) two other Senior Ofcers of the service appointed by the Minister in consultation with the Director.

13.

(1) The following procedure will apply whenever application forms are processed (a) each application form must be sent to the Licensing Ofcer; (b) the forms will be presented to the Committee referred to in regulation 12, for processing and a decision as to their suitability; (c) the Licensing Ofcer will notify the applicants of the decision; (d) all licences will be issued by the Licensing Ofcer; and of the Committee; (e) the Committee will sit on any day of the week whenever summoned by the Licensing Ofcer.

(2) Notwithstanding regulations 12 and 13 (1), with prior approval of the Minister, the Committee may delegate any of its powers to at least two of its members, one of whom must be the Licensing Ofcer, and such two members may process and issue licences in cases requiring immediate action.

14.

The fees for various licences are set out in the Second Schedule.

15.

The number of animals which may be hunted under the authority of a game licence are listed in the second column of the Third Schedule and a licence fee plus an area fee, as respectively listed in the third column and the fourth column of that Schedule shall be paid in respect of each such animal which is killed, except in respect of the animals separately listed in that Schedule in respect of which an area fee only is payable.

16.

The report required to be made by the Court in accordance with section 51 (4) of the Act shall be in Form 12 set out in the First Schedule.

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376 FIRST SCHEDULE (rr.

2 to 11 (incl.)) [Subsidiary] L.N.

488/1991.

REPUBLIC OF KENYA FORM 1 Consent for mInIng Issued under seCtIon 10 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt CONSENT No.

Fee.

Consent holders name (CAPITALS) address.

The Minister gives the person named above consent to search for, win or remove minerals from National Park in accordance with the following conditions:.

Given under my hand., 19.

Minister NOTE.The attention of the consent holder is drawn to section 10 of the Act.

FORM 2 REPUBLIC OF KENYA AUTHORITY FOR CINEMATOGRAPH/PHOTOGRAPH FILM UNDER SECTION 11 OF THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT AUTHORITY No.

Prescribed fee.

Name of authority holder (CAPITALS).

address.

has produced to the Director a lming licence issued under the Films and Stage Plays Act, and the Director has authorized the said authority holder to make cinematograph/ photograph lm in the.

National Park subject to the following 74 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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Given under my hand., 19.

Director NOTE.The attention of the authority holder is drawn to section 11 of the Act.

FORM 3 REPUBLIC OF KENYA GAME LICENCE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 23 OF THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT LICENCE No.

Licence fee.

Name of licensee (CAPITALS).

address.

is authorized to hunt game animals, game birds in.

.areas in accordance with the provisions of the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) Act and all regulations and notices thereunder.

Date of issue Date of expiry.

Reference to any authorization or consent of the Director if required under section 23 (3) (c).

Licensing Ofcer NOTE.The attention of the licensee is particularly drawn to sections: 22, 23, 24 and 25 of the Act.

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376 [Subsidiary] killed animals Number(s) andDate(s) of the game Licence(s) Act, of all.

25) s ACT ( and Management) oundedtusks or rhinoshorns obtained W or Individual weight of any A MANAGEMENT) lled I (Conservation K and Date ildlife TION AND W Act.

A unted Vh 25 of the REPUBLIC OF KENYmals I (CONSERnLocality a Signed.

ame of section g of WILDLIFE ster THE I eg r Whether wounded and lost or killedAddress.

with the requirements Sex , in accordance The licensee is required to produce the register to a warden within 7 days after his licence ceases to be valid under section 24 (4).The attention of the licensee is drawn to section 25 of the ) ) Furnish a copy to the Director within 21 days.) a bc .( ype of animal OTE TI., do hereby solemnly afrm that the aboveis a true registeror wounded or deemed to have been killed or wounded by me during the validity of the licence(s) specied above.

Date.

N ( ( 76 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] FORM 5 REPUBLIC OF KENYA dIreCtors speCIal authorIzatIon Issued under seCtIon 26 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt Fee (if any).

Name of authority holder (CAPITALS).

address.

Date of issue Date of expiry.

This permit entitles the holder to.

This permit is issued to the following conditions: (1).

(2).

(3).

Given under my hand.

, 19.

Director NOTE.The attention of the authority holder is drawn to section 26 of the Act.

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376 FORM 6 [Subsidiary] REPUBLIC OF KENYA professIonal hunters lICenCe Issued under seCtIon 27 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt LICENCE NO.

Licence fee.

Name of licensee (CAPITALS).

Address.

has satised the Director in accordance with section 27 of the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) Act and is hereby issued the above licence.

Date of issue.

Date of expiry.

Director NOTE.The attention of the licensee is drawn to section 27 of the Act.

FORM 7 REPUBLIC OF KENYA CertIfICate of oWnershIp (hunted anImal) Issued under seCtIon 41 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt CertIfICate no.

no.

Name of certicate holder (CAPITALS).

address.

who, being the holder of a Game Licence No.

is entitled to possess the following trophies: 78 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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(b) Other trophies Type of trophy Quantity (in words).

Given under my hand this day of., 19.

Director NOTE.This permit does not entitle the owner to export the item(s) listed unless endorsed by the Minister or his representative.

ORIGINALto owner.

DUPLICATEin book.

FORM 8 REPUBLIC OF KENYA CertIfICate of oWnershIp (for possessIon of trophIes) Issued under seCtIon 42 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt Name of certicate holder (CAPITALS).

address.

who, being the holder of a Dealers Licence No.

(or any other authority).

is entitled to possess the following trophies: Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 [Subsidiary] (a) Ivory or Horn (weight kg.) Registration Marks/Serial No.

(b) Other trophies: Species Type of Trophy Quantity (in words).

Given under my hand this.

day of.

, 19.

Director NOTE.

This permit does not entitle the owner to export the item (s) listed unless endorsed by the Minister.

The attention of the certicate owner is drawn to section 42 of the Act.

FORM 9 REPUBLIC OF KENYA dealers lICenCe Issued under seCtIon 43 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt LICENCE NO.

Dealers fee Dealers name (CAPITALS) Address.

Place of business to which this licence applies: L.R.

No.

.Plot No.

80 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] Date of issue.

Date of expiry The holder is permitted to manufacture articles from the following trophies only and shall dispose of such manufactured articles by wholesale to retailers only.

Licensing Ofcer NOTE.The attention of the licensee is drawn to section 43 of the Act.

FORM 10 REPUBLIC OF KENYA dealers lICenCe Issued under seCtIon 43 of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt LICENCE NO.

Dealers fee.

Dealers name (CAPITALS).

Address.

Place of business to which this licence applies.

Date of issue.

Date of expiry The holder is permitted to carry on a retail business in respect of manufactured articles of the following trophies only.

Licensing Ofcer NOTE.

The attention of the licensee is drawn to section 43 of the Act.

Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 81 Management) CAP.

376 FORM 11 [Subsidiary] L.N.

488/1991.

REPUBLIC OF KENYA WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt applICatIon for a dealers lICenCe I/We hereby apply for a Dealers Licence as under and I/we hereby declare to the best of my/our knowledge and belief that all the statements in the application are true.

Registered Business Name Full names of Directors/ Proprietor and Nationality.

Business Reg.

No (Business must be registered and at least 51 per cent of the shares of the business must be held by Kenyans before a licence can be granted.) 3.

Adress.

Classes of Dealers Licence applied for.

Classes of Dealers Licence granted on any current dealers licence.

Place of business (Plot No.

and Street).

Number and location of stores, if any.

Have you applied for a Trade Licence? Yes/No.

No.

of Trade Licence.

10.

Have you applied for a Tourist Licence? Yes/No.

82 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] 11.

Tourist Licence No.

12.

Do you have any other curio shop? Yes/No.

13.

If the answer to 12 is yes state briey (a) Name of business.

(b) Location.

(d) Telephone.

14.

Give details of the source of game trophies you expect to deal in.

15.

What other business do you have in any other premises?.

16.

Have you ever applied for but been refused or disqualied from holding a Dealers Licence either in Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda? Yes/No.

If yes state reasons.

17.

Have you been convicted of an offence against or in respect of Wildlife? Yes/No.

If yes state what was the offence and sentence and date of conviction.

18.

Your attention is drawn to section 43 of the Act.

I certify that I am fully conversant with all the rules and regulations made under the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) Act governing dealings in game trophies.

Date.

Signature.

Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 83 Management) CAP.

376 [Subsidiary] FORM 12 REPUBLIC OF KENYA (rr.

16) report By Court under seCtIon 51 (4) of the WIldlIfe (ConservatIon and management) aCt (Cap.376) IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT AT.

CASE NO.

REPUBLIC OF KENYA VS Details of the Offence Sentence.

Particulars of any other Order.

Dated., 1991.

Magistrate SECOND SCHEDULE (r.

14) L.N.

54/2202.

DEALERS BUSINESS AND LICENCE FEES (s.

43) Dealing in Trophies Fees in Sh.

(a) Manufacturing of articles from ivory and rhino horns 2,000 (b) Manufacturing of goods and articles from trophies other 2,000 than ivory and common zebra skins (c) Manufacturing of goods and articles from zebra skins 2,000 2.

(a) Curing and mounting of game trophies 3,000 3.

(a) Dealing in articles manufactured from ivory and rhino horns; warthog and hippopotamus teeth 3,000 4.

Dealing in whole lion, whole Grevy zebra, crocodile, skins, 4,000 and articles made therefrom 5.

Dealing in game trophies not otherwise specied in this Schedule 3,000 6.The forwarding of game trophies as agent for any other person 1,500 84 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] Dealing in Live animals A.

Birds only.

1,000 B.Monkeys and baboons.

2,000 C.Non-scheduled wild animals.

1,000 D.

All other dealings in live animals.

5,000 L.N.

54/2002.

GAME LICENCE FEES Game Licence Fees Ksh./US$ (a) Visitors game licence US$ 100 (b) Residents game licence Ksh.

5,000 Professional Hunters Licence KSh./US$ (s.27) (a) Professional hunters licence game animals Ksh.

20,000 (b) Professional hunters licence game birds, the fee payable as follows: (i) full professional hunters licence game birds Ksh.

10,000 (ii) restricted hunters licence game birds Ksh.

5,000 (c) Application fees for birds licence and professional hunters licence test Ksh.

500 Birds Shooting Block Booking Fees (a) There shall be payable a non-refundable fee in respect of birds shooting blocks as follows- (i) for a holder of visitor game licence US$ 50 per day (ii) for holder of a resident game licence Ksh.

300 per day (b) An amount equivalent to 25% of the bird shooting block fees shall be retained by the Kenya Wildlife Service to cover administrative costs Directors Special Authorization Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 85 Management) CAP.

376 [Subsidiary] (a) Mwea duck shoot Ksh.

2,000 (b) Ahero duck shoot Ksh.

2,000 Miscellaneous Charges (a) CITES export permit Ksh.

2,000 (b) CITES import permit Ksh.

2,000 (c) CITES re-export permit Ksh.

2,000 (d) Non-CITES export permit Ksh.

1,000 (e) Certicate of ownership Ksh.

500 PROSPECTING AND MINING FEES (s.

10) KSh 1.

Prospecting 2,000 Mining 20,000 CINEMATOGRAPH AND PHOTOGRAPH FEES (s.11) Fees per week or part thereof in K.sh.

A party of up to 5 persons 8,000 2.

A party of 6 to 10 persons 12,000 3.

A party of 11 persons or more 20,000 86 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] THIRD SCHEDULE (r 15) Animal No.

which Licence.

Area may be Fees Fees hunted Sh.

Sh.

Bongo 11,500 3,000 2.

Buffalo 3 500 1,000 3.

Bushbuck 1 100 200 4.

Crocodile 1 100 200 5.

Duiker, Blue 1 100 200 6.

Duiker, Black Fronted 1 100 200 7.

Duiker, Red or Harveys 1 100 200 8.

Eland 1 500 1,000 9.

Gerenuk 1 250 500 10.

Giant Forest Hog 1 150 300 11.

Giraffe, Common and Reticulated 1 750 1,500 12.

Impala 1 150 300 13.

Klipspringer 11,100 200 14.

Kudu, Greater 11,000 2,000 15.

Kudu, Lesser 1 500 1,000 16.

Leopard 12,500 5,000 17.

Lion (Masai) 12,500 5,000 18.

Lion (other) 11,750 3,500 19.

Monkey, Blue or Sykes 1 60 120 Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

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376 [Subsidiary] Animal No.

which Licence.

Area may be Fees Fees hunted Sh.

Sh.

20.

Monkey, Putty Nosed 1 60 120 21.

Monkey, Red or Patas 1 60 120 22.

Monkey, Black and White Colobus 1 200 400 23.

Oryx, Fringe Eared 1 300 600 24.

Oryx, Beisa 1 300 600 25.

Ostrich 1 200 400 26.

Reedbuck, Chanlers Mountain 1 100 200 27.

Rhinoceros 14,000 8,000 28.

Suni 1 60 120 29.

Topi 1 250 500 30.

Waterbuck, Defassa 1 150 300 31.

Waterbuck, Common 1 150 300 32.

Zebra, Common Burchells 1 600 1,200 33.

Zebra, Grevys 11,000 2,000 34.

Duiker, (Grey) 1 50 100 35.

Gazelle, (Grants) 1 100 200 36.

Hartebeest 1 100 200 37.

Steinbuck 1 50 100 38.

Warthog 1 100 200 Animals which may be hunted on a full licence for which only area fees should be paid Animal No.

Area Fees Sh.

Dik Dik* 1 30 2.

Hartebeest (Cokes) 1 100 3.

Oribi* 1 40 4.

Reedbuck (Bohor*) 1 40 5.

Steinbuck* 1 40 6.

Warthog 1 40 7.

Wildebeest* 1 50 8.

Wildebeest 1 50 *Denotes animals which may be shot by holder of 14-day licence.

88 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

2009 CAP.

376 Management) [Subsidiary] L.N.

120/1977.

The Wildlife (ConservaTion and ManageMenT) (ProhiBiTion on hUnTing of gaMe aniMals) regUlaTions 1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) (Prohibition on Hunting of Game Animals) Regulations.

Hunting of game animals is prohibited.

L.N.

403/.2007.

The Wildlife (ConservaTion and ManageMenT) (aloe sPeCies) regUlaTions, 2007 1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife (Conservation and Management) (Aloe Species) Regulations, 2007.

There shall be a register kept by the Kenya Wildlife Service to be known as the Register of Articial Propagation of Aloe Species.

(1) A person intending to engage in propagation of Aloes for commercial purposes shall apply to be entered in the Register as a Schedule.

The Kenya Wildlife Service may, if it deems it t, make such visits to the premises of the applicant for purposes of verifying the accuracy or veracity of the information provided by an applicant for registration under regulation 3.

(1) The Kenya Wildlife Service shall, upon the receipt of an application for registration under regulation 3, within thirty days either grant the applicant a registration certicate or provide him with a written indication that the application has been rejected.

(1) A person who intends to import aloe species or any derivatives therefrom, from Kenya shall apply to the Service for an export certicate in that respect.

(2) A person who intends to import aloe species or any derivatives therefrom, into Kenya shall apply for an import certicate in that respect.

(3) An application under this regulation shall be made in Form APA 2.

In considering applications for registration under these Regulations, the Service shall take into account the following principles: - (a) that articial propagation of aloe species shall be provided an environment for sustainable utilization of the species and shall not be detrimental to its conservation in the wild or of its supporting ecosystems; (b) that the conservation of aloe species and their natural habitats and Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 89 Management) CAP.

376 microhabitats is enhanced.

[Subsidiary] 8.

(1) Every applicant for registration under regulation 3 shall pay a fee of Kenya shillings ve hundred.

(2) Every applicant for a certicate under regulation 6 shall pay a fee of Kenya shilling ten thousand.

The Service in consultation with the National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, Kenya Forest Research Institute and the Commissioner of Customs shall monitor the activities of the registered aloe articial propagators and ensure that they comply with the conditions set out in the certicate of registration.

10.

The export of aloe species from Kenya shall notwithstanding these Regulations comply with any requirement under any law relating to export from Kenya of any plant or plant product.

11.

A Person who (a) articially propagates aloe species for commercial purposes; (b) exports or re-exports from Kenya aloe species or any derivatives therefrom; (c) imports into Kenya aloe species or any derivatives therefrom, contrary to these Regulations commits an offence.

sChedule form apa.

1 applICatIon for regIstratIon of operatIon for artIfICIal propagatIon of aloe speCIes I/We apply for Registration of an operation for Articial Propagation of Aloe Species and declare that all information provided is true.

DETAILS OF APPLICANT (a) Name & Designation.

Name of Business/Organization.

(b) Postal Address.

District: 90 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] Division:.

Location: Sub-location.

Telephone.

Fax.

Email:.

Dated.

Signature 2.

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

SIZE OF OPERATION IN HECTARES (H.A.) 4.

LAND OWNERSHIP Individual ownership YES NO Group ownership YES NO Status of Land Ownership Evidence of land ownership or Title Deed No.

SPECIES BEING ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED (please conrm from experts from qualied authority) 1.

SOURCE OF PARENTAL STOCK AND QUANTITIES (tick in the boxes where applicable) Source of parental stock Propagating material Quantities (Kg/pcs) (a) Natural source (Wild) Seeds.

Suckers Others (specify) (b) Established nurseries Seeds Suckers Others (specify).

(c) If (b), give name of registered owner and location of the nursery (d) Quantities of mature plants expected to be harvested in one year Attach a marketing/ Business plan for your operation (optional) 7.

EVIDENCE OF SOURCE OF MATERIAL (give as detailed information as possible about the background of the operation e.g.

sales receipt).

Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 91 Management) CAP.

376 [Subsidiary] FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 8.

COMMENTS BY KWS AREA WARDEN OR HIS/ HER DESIGNEE (DAO or DRO) (Upon visit to and Inspection of the articial propagation operation).

Name.

Signature.

Date.

(a) COMMENTS BY NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA Botanist in Charge.

Name.

Signature.

Date.

(b) COMMENTS BY KWS CHIEF LICENSING OFFICER.

Name.

Signature.

Date.

10.

KWS DIRECTORS APPROVAL/ DISAPPROVAL.

Signature.

Date.

If disapproved, reasons given and any Corrective Actions Requested (CAR).

11.

Registration No of operation allocated and as entered into the National Register of Operations.

KE/APA/District _ No.

_/Year _ 12.

Details Entered in the National Register by: Name.

Signature Date.

CertIfICate of regIstratIon for propagatIon of aloes In Kenya Date of issue.

Name of Propagator Address.

Telephone.

Physical location of the propagation unit 92 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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376 Management) [Subsidiary] District:.

Division:.

Location:.

Sub-location:.

Nearest urban Centre:.

Registration Number of land parcel.

Size of land.

Species of aloe under propagation.

Products/ Specimens anticipated from the propagation unit.

Registration number: KE/APA/District_/No._/Year_ Registering Ofcer Designation.

Signature eXport of speCImens or produCts of aloes from regIstered operatIons In Kenya applICatIon for eXport/re-eXport/Import permIt I/We apply for Export/Re-export/import permit and declare that all information provided is true to the best of my knowledge.

DETAILS OF APPLICANT (a) Name of Designation.

Name of Business/Organization.

(b) Postal Address.

Email address.

Telephone.

DETAILS OF CONSIGNEE (a) Name Company (b) Postal Address.

Telephone/Fax No.

Email address.

DETAILS OF MATERIALS (a) Common name and scientic name of plant (Genus and species).

(b) Description of part or derivative, mark or numbers.

Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 93 Management) CAP.

376.

[Subsidiary] (c) Quantity/number of material and/or net weight to be exported (kg).

(d) If for re-export, country of origin and export permit number.

State whether material was taken from natural source (wild) or articially propagated.

If taken from natural source (wild) state locality and name of approved Aloe Management Unit (AMU) LocalityName of approved AMU 6.

If taken from registered operation for Articial Propagation of plant material for commercial purposes, indicate the Registration No.

of the Operation and date of establishment.

KE/APA/District.

/No.

Year.

Name of seller.

ID Card No.

Signature.

(Attach evidence of purchase e.g.

Receipt, sale agreement etc) 7.

Details of previous application approved or rejected.

Name of applicant Signature.

Date FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 8.

(a) Comments from Scientic Authority, National Museums of Kenya (NMK) -Botanist In Charge.

Name.Designation.and ofcial stamp Signature.

Date.

(b) Comments from Scientic Authority, and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

Name.

Designation.

Signature.

Date.

(c) Comments from the Director, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) advising on issuance of Phytosanitary Certicate (in case of whole or part or Plant material).

(Note: an inspection of the material will need to be inspected within 48 hours before the export takes place).

KWS Chief Licensing Ofcers remarks.,.

94 Wildlife (Conservation and [Rev.

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Date.

NB: To certify that the specimen are not obtained in contravention of the law.

10.

KWS Directors Approval/Disapproval.

Signature.

Date.

Note: 1.

Original document as per 4 to 7 above to be attached to this application.

Approval for all import MUST BE granted prior to the actual importation.

Duly lled in copy to be returned to KWS following declaration of shipment with Customs and export.

10.

DECLARATION BY CUSTOMS DEPARMENT/EXPORT ENDORSEMENT (Customs ofce at the point of exit to retain a copy of the form) Block Quantity AB Point/port Date Ofcial Signature of export stamp & title THE WILDLIFE (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT (Cap.

376) ALOE EXPORT/RE-EXPORT/IMPORT SUPPLEMENTARY PERMIT Issued under Section 45 of the Wildlife Export/Re-export/Import (Conservation and Management) Act and (Delete whichever not in accordance with Aloe Species Articial applicable) Propagation Regulation, 2007) Valid Until.

Consignees Name.

Authority Issuing Permit Address Country Consignors Name.

Special Conditions: Address.

Country.

Wildlife (Conservation and Rev.

2009] 95 Management) CAP.

376 [Subsidiary] Details of specimen(s) to be exported/re-exported/imported Common Scientic Name Description of part Quantity Country/Locality Name or derivative of Origin ABC This Permit is issued by.

of.

On.

Ofcial Stamp: Title and signature of ofcer signing on behalf of the Authority.

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