GAME (PRESERVATION AND CONTROL) ACT.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

   Schedules

      First Schedule   Animals not to be hunted or captured without a special permit.

      Second Schedule   Animals which may be hunted under basic and supplementary licences, and fees for supplementary licences.

      Third Schedule   Birds which may be hunted by the holder of a bird licence.

      Fourth Schedule   Game reserves.

      Fifth Schedule   Fees for licences.

      Sixth Schedule   African animals not occurring in Uganda, or of which only local species and subspecies are protected, which animals and the trophies thereof are protected by international convention.

CHAPTER 198
GAME (PRESERVATION AND CONTROL) ACT.

Commencement: 1 September, 1959.

   An Act to consolidate the law relating to the preservation and control of game, and to provide for matters incidental to and connected with such preservation and control.

Commissioners' note: The Game (Preservation and Control) Act, except for its Schedules, was repealed by the Uganda Wildlife Statute, Statute 14/1996.

First Schedule.

s. 5,

Cap. 226, 1964 Revision.

Animals not to be hunted or captured without a special permit.

Part A.
Animals not to be hunted or captured throughout uganda except under special permit.

1.   Aardvark

2.   Aardwolf—Proteles cristatus

3.   Bat-eared fox

4.   Bee-eaters—Meropidæ (all species)

5.   Black rhinoceros—Diceros bicornis

6.   Caracal or lynx

7.   Cheetah—Acinonyx jubatus

8.   Chimpanzee—Pan schweinfurthi

9.   Colobus monkey—Colobus (all species)

10. Cranes—Balearicidæ (all species)

11. Crowned hawk eagle

12. Egrets—Cosmerodius albus melanorhynchus

   Mesophoyx intermedius brachyrhynchus

   Egretta garzetta garzetta

   Bubulcus ibis

13. Elephant

14. Fish eagle

15. Giant eland—Taurotragus derbianus gigas

16. Giraffe—Giraffa cameloparadalis (all subspecies)

17. Gorilla—Gorilla beringei

18. Greater kudu (Female)—Strepsiceros strepsiceros bea

19. Greater flamingo—Phœnicopterus ruber roseus

20. Ground hornbill—Bucorvus abyssinicus

21. Heron (all species)

22. Hornbills—Bucerotidæ (all species)

23. Hyrax (all species)

24. Lammergeyer

25. Leopard

26. Lesser flamingo—Phœniconaias minor

27. Marabou stork—Leptoptilos crumeniferus

28. Martial eagle

29. Ostrich—Struthio camelus

30. Owl (all species) —Tytonidæ and Strigidœ

31. Pangolin—Manis (all species)

32. Parrots—Psittacidæ (all species)

33. Python

34. Roan antelope (female)—Hippotragus equinus

35. Saddle-bill stork—Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

36. Secretary bird—Sagittarius serpentarius

37. Serval cat

38. Sun birds—Nectarinidæ (all species)

39. Turacos, plantain-eaters, louries—Musophagidæ (all species)

40. Vulture (all species)—Aegypiidæ

41. Whale-headed stork—Balaeniceps rex

42. White rhinoceros—Ceratotherium cottoni

43. Yellow-backed duiker—Cephalophus sylvicultrix

Part B.
Animals not to be hunted or captured in the areas stated except under special permit.

1.   Greater bustard (All members of the genera Ardeotis and Neotis including all subspecies) (Karamoja district and Kingdom of Ankole)

2.   Greater kudu—Strepsiceros strepsiceros bea (Acholi district)

3.   Hippopotamus—Hippopotamus amphibius (Karamoja district)

4.   Impala—Aepyceros melampus (Karamoja district)

5.   Roan antelope—Hippotragus equinus (Area prior to 1st"> March, 1962, known as Masaka district)

6.   Roan antelope—Hippotragus equinus (Madi district)

7.   Sitatunga—Limnotragus spekie (Nkosi Island)

8.   Uganda Kob—Adenota kob (Karamoja and Teso districts)

Part C.
Animals not to be hunted or captured throughout uganda except under special permit.

   If immature or female accompanied by young—

   (a)   all antelopes, which includes gazelles and dik-diks;

   (b)   black rhinoceros—Diceros bicornis;

   (c)   elephant—Loxodonta africanus;

   (d)   hippopotamus—Hippopotamus amphibius;

   (e)   lion.

Second Schedule.

ss. 5, 58, 59
Cap. 226, 1964 Revision.

Animals which may be hunted under basic and supplementary licences, and fees for supplementary licences.

First column 

Second column 

Third column 

Fourth column 

Fifth column 

Species 

English 

Swahili 

Luganda 

Acholi 

Maximum number which may be hunted under basic licence 

Maximum number which may be hunted under supplementary licence 

Fee for supplementary licence per animal 

Limitations on supplementary licences 

Resident shs. 

Visitor shs. 

Buffalo 

Nyati 

Embogo 

Jobi 

2 

4 

100 

300 

Maximum one only in Karamoja. 

Bushbuck 

Pongo 

Engabi 

Ruda 

2 

3 

20 

150 

Dik-Dik 

Suguy