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23. Amendment of section 22A of the principal enactment

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Section 22A of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

by the renumbering of subsection (9) of that section as subsection (13) thereof;

(2)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (8) of that section of the following new subsections:—

“(9) In the event of a pregnancy of a registered she elephant, the owner or the person having the custody of such she elephant shall inform the

Director-General of such pregnancy together with details of the sire.

(10)

It shall be the duty of the owner or the person having custody of a registered she elephant to inform the Director-General or any authorized officer of the fact of any birth, miscarriage or still birth of elephants within seven days of the date of the occurrence of any of the said events.

Act, No.22 of 2009

(11)

Where any registered elephant dies, the owner or the person having custody of such elephant shall report such death to the Director-General, before the remains are destroyed.

(12)

Any elephant which has not been registered under this section shall be presumed to be taken or removed from the wild without lawful authority or approval and such elephants shall be deemed to be public property. The provisions of the Offences

Against Public Property Act, No. 12 of 1982 shall accordingly apply in respect of such elephants.”.

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