WILDLIFE PRESERVATION LAW OF LAGOS STATE

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

WILDLIFE PRESERVATION LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Animals not to be hunted, etc., without a special license

2.       Power to vary Schedule

3.       Prohibition on having trophies without permission

4.       Exception to provisions of section 6

5.       Prohibition of sale, etc., of powdered rhinoceros horn

6.       Certificate in respect of ivory or rhinoceros horn lawfully obtained

7.       Animal killed in self defense

8.       Remains of animals found

9.       Onus of proof

10.     Restriction on killing fish

11.     Use of motor vehicle or aircraft for hunting prohibited

12.     Power to prohibit destructive methods of capture

13.     Power to declare a close season

14.     Power to declare game reserves

15.     Licenses and by whom issued

16.     Special licenses

17.     Power to authorise destruction of animals injuring food supplies or crops, or endangering life

18.     Register to be kept by license holders

19.     Revocation and refusal of licenses

20.     License does not authorise trespass

21.     Importer of firearms may be required to take out a license

22.     Where servants may assist

23.     Authority to kill protected animals and birds

24.     Power to search and seize

25.     Penalties

26.     Payment of informers

27.     Summary trial

28.     Power to make regulations

29.     Interpretation

30.     Citation

WILD LIFE PRESERVATION LAW

A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH IN LAGOS STATE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES [Commencement]                                                                    

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA