y თწყ গবলমেন্ট গেজেট, ১৮৯৭ সাঙ্গ ২৩ মথেশ্বর। [ हिउँौम्र क ६७ ॥ w=— ہے سما م حصے م= Act XX of 1887, for the protection of wild birds and game within the limits of the abovl Municipality, and whereas no objection has been raised to the proposal within one month from the date of the publication of the above notification within the Municipality, it is hereby notified that the said rules are confirmed by the Lieutenant-Governor under clause 4, section 3 of the Act, and are published for general information under clause 5, section 6 of the General Clauses Act I of 1887:— RULEs UNDER SECTIon 3 of Act XX of 1887 roR THE DAccA MUNICIPALITY. Rules. 1. “Wild bird” for the purposes of these rules shall include jungle-fowl, pea-fowl, partridges, quail, plover, whistling teal, painted snipe, cotton teal and every bird killed for the sake of its plumage. 2. The Local Government having by notification declared that the provision of section 3, Act XX of 1887, shall apply to hares and deer, the following rules will apply to those animals as well as to wild birds. 3. The breeding season for the purposes of these rules shall extend from the 1st April to the 30th September. 4. Whoever during the breeding season has in his possession, within the limits of the Municipality of Dacca, any wild bird, deer or hare, recently killed or taken, or exposes for sale any such bird or animal, living or dead, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Rs. 5 for each bird or animal. 5. Whoever during the breeding season imports into the town the plumage of any kind of wild bird recently killed or taken, or the fur or skin of any hare or deer recently killed or taken, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Rs. 5 for the plumage of every such bird or the fur or skin of every such hare or deer. 6. In the case of a second conviction the fine may extend to Rs. 10 for each such bird, hare, dcer, plumage, fur or skin. 7. All birds, plumage, fur or skin, &c., in respect of which a conviction has been had under rules 4, 5 and 6, shall be confiscated. 8. A reward, not exceeding half the fine imposed and realised under rules 4, 5 and 6, may be granted by the adjudicating Magistrate to any person who has afforded information leading to a conviction for a breach of any of the above rules. H. H. RISLEY, Secy, to the Govt. of Bengal. SS S SSAAAASAAAAC CS SMSMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS S NOTIFICATION. No. 1,377.M.—The 9th November 1897.--Whereas a notification No. 2538M., dated the 7th May 1897, was published at page 116, Part IB of the Calcutta Gazette of the 12th idem, declaring the intention of the Lieutenant-Governor to extend the provisioms of sections 254 to 260, 260A and 274 of the Bengal Municipal Act, III of 1884, as amended by Bengal Acts IV of 1894 audII of 1896, to the Muktagacha Municipality, in the district ofMymensingh, and whereas objections which have been accepted as valid have been raised to the proposed extension of the said provisions to certain portions of the Municipality within one month from the date of the publication of the above notification within the Municipality, it is hereby notified for general information that, in the exercise of the power vested in the Local Government by section 221 of the Act, and in accordance with the modified recommendation of the Commissioners of the Muktagacha Municipality, made at a meeting, the LieutenantGovernor sanctions the extension of the above provisions of the Municipal Act to the portions of the Municipality included within the boundary specified below:— On the north by the Aiman river, on the east by the Dowla bill, on the south by the Subarnakhally Road, and on the west by the Hari Datta's Road. Н. Н. Еівькт, &oy, to #e Govt. of Bengal.
