THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT …

1 Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT_____ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSPART Title and Commencement of to establish the WILDLIFE Protection of the of the UnitPART IIIPROTECTED AREAS AND GENERAL RESTRICTIONS(a)Game Reserves and Game Controlled of Game of Game Controlled on entry into and residence in game on carriage of weapons in game of vegetation in game in game reserve or game controlled restrictions applying to game reserves or game controlled areas on grazing of livestock in game reserve(b)Partial Game of partial game relating to partial game reserve(c)Declaration of National of national relating to national game- 1 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act (d)Close of close relating to close season(e)Miscellaneous may lift any area is a national park IVHUNTING, CAPTURING AND PHOTOGRAPHING OF ANIMALS(a)Hunting of may restrict grant of licences and hunting without of Second and Third provisions relating to game associations and designated of game licences for specified animals to authorized of game licences for Scheduled animals to designated may regulate issue of game relating to validity of game hunting of specified or scheduled animal(b)

2 Capture of animal to be captured without of provisions relating to capture capture of animal(c)Commercial game game relating to commercial game photography permit(d)Miscellaneous provisions relating to of unscheduled animals without of young animals to be an or capture on private s for compliance with this etc, not of game and surrender of licence- 2 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act of licences by of killed by accident or in of animal in defence of life or property of accidental killing or wounding or of killing or wounding inself of may regulate type of methods of hunting(e)Provisions Relating to Licences , cancellation and suspension of licences from grant of licence etc, may be issued subject to conditionsPART VREGISTRATION OF CERTAIN to be produced to licensing officer of the district within a relating to non-registrationPART VIDEALING IN dealing in trophies without trophy dealer s transfer of trophy without a transfer of of dealings etc.

3 In trophiesPART VIIGOVERNMENT of Government trophy to report possession of Government of Government of WILDLIFE Protection of Board of Trustees- 3 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act PART VIIIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFENCE(a)Evidentiary of of Trophies, etc. during trophies belong to another person(b)Miscellaneous of certain weapons in certain circumstances to be an to take care of licences, permit, trophies relating to licences etc.(c)General of search and of authorized on an authorized of of governing minimum of to prosecute(d) may compound certain offencePART IXMISCELLANEOUS of part Registrations of offender under this and other subsidiary and transitional may make further transitional provisions_____FIRST SCHEDULESECOND SCHEDULETHIRD SCHEDULEFOURTH SCHEDULE- 4 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACTAct No.

4 12 of 1974_____An Act to repeal and replace the Fauna ConservationOrdinance, to make provision for the protection, CONSERVATION ,development, regulations and control of Fauna and Fauna productsand for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.[1ST DECEMBER, 1974] No. 265 of1974 PART Act may be cited as the WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Act, 1974 andshall come into operation on such date as the Minister may byNotice in Gazette Title andCommencement - 5 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act 2.(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- the Act means the WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Act; aerodrome means any area of land or water designed, equipped, setapart or commonly used for affording facilities for the landingand departure of aircraft; animal means any kind of vertebrate animal and the young and eggthereof, other than domestic animals; authorized officer means the Director, A Game Management Officer, aGame Warden,, a Game Assistant, a Field Assistant or a PoliceOfficer and includes:-(a)an employee of the Forest Division of or above the rankof Field Assistant;(b)an employee of the national parks of or above the rank ofPark Guide.

5 (c)an employee of the Fisheries Division of or above therank of Field Assistant;(d)any public officer or other person appointed as such by awriting signed by the Director; authorized organization shall have the meaning assigned thereto bysection 26; the Board means the Board of Trustees of the WILDLIFE Protection Fundestablished by Section 69B; capture includes any act immediately directed at the taking of anyanimal, nest or egg Commissioner of Customs includes a customs officer employed by theCustoms Department; CONSERVATION area means-(a)a game reserve established under section 5;(b)a national park established under the National ParksOrdinance;(c)the Ngorongoro CONSERVATION Area established by theNgorongoro CONSERVATION Area Act;Interpretation Cap.

6 283 Act No. 21 of 282 Cap. 284- 6 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act PART IIOFFICERS3.(1)There shall be a Director of Game who shall be appointed bythe President.(2)The Director shall be responsible for the properadministration and other of Game Minister may appoint such number of Game Officers as, inhis opinion, may be necessary for the efficient administration ofthis Officers 4A.(1)The Minister shall, after consultation with the President,establish a department of Government to be known as the WildlifeProtection Unit.(2)The Unit shall consist of such number of persons as theMinister may toestablish theWildlifeProtection Unit Act No. 21 of functions of the Unit shall be the protection of wildlifeagainst unlawful hunters and, generally, the enforcement of theprovisions of this Act relating to the hunting, capturing andphotographing of WILDLIFE , and the securing of of theUnitAct No.

7 21 of 7 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act 4C.(1)The administration of the Unit shall be vested in theDirector and for that purpose the Unit shall be organized in suchbranches and deployed according to such areas or places as the Directormay, with the consent of the Minister, determine.(2)The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister forthe time being responsible for home affairs and with theconsent of the President, by regulations published in theGazette, provide for-(a)the organisation and deployment of the Unit, theconditions and terms of service, and the various grades-ranks and appointments in it;(b)the duties to be performed by members of the Unit, andtheir guidance in the discharge of those duties;(c)the regulation of matters relating to discipline in the Unit;(d)the description and issue of arms, ammunition,accoutrements, uniforms and other necessary supplies tomembers of the Unit.

8 (e)matters relating generally to the good order andadministration of the ofthe UnitAct No. 21 of PART IIIPROTECTED AREAS AND GENERAL RESTRICTIONS(a)Game Reserves and Game Controlled Areas5.(1)The President may, by order in the Gazette, declare any areaof Mainland Tanzania to be a game reserve.(2)The President may by order in the Gazette apply anycondition applicable to a game reserve to any area of MainlandTanzania and upon such order being made the condition specifiedtherein shall apply to the area in relation to which the order is mad as ifsuch area were a game reserve, and any contravention of such conditionin or in relation to such area shall be punishable ofGame Reserves Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare any are ofMainland Tanzania to be a game controlled ofcontrolled areas - 8 -Laws of TanzaniaWildlife CONSERVATION Act 7.

9 (1)No person other than-(a)a person whose place of ordinary residence is within thereserve; or(b)a person travelling through the reserve along a highwayshall enter a game reserve except by and in accordancewith the written authority of the Director previouslysought and obtained.(2)Any person who contravenes any provision of thissection or contravenes any condition attached to any authority grantedunder subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to afine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a termnot exceeding six months or to both such fine and such onentry into andresidence in gamereserves 8.(1)No person shall be in possession of a firearm, bow and arrowin a game reserve without the written permission of the Directorpreviously sought and obtained.

10 (2)Any person who contravenes any provision of thissection shall be guilty an offence and shall be liable on conviction to afine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a termnot exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and oncarriage ofweapons in gamereserves 9.(1)No person shall wilfully or negligently cause any bush orgrass fire, or fell, cut, burn, injure or remove any standing tree,shrub, bush, sapling, seedling or any part thereof in a gamereserve except in accordance with the written permissionpreviously sought and obtained of the Director as well as if anypart of the game reserve is included in a forest reserve, theDirector of Forestry or his duly authorized representative.