Failing to comply with ing section. last preced Penalty on summary conviction. Failing to produce license. Or breaking conditions of license. Penalty. Arrest of licensed con OFFENCES AND PENALTIES. 10. If any person to whom the last preceding section applies fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof, he shall in any such case be guilty of an offence against this Act, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court before which he is tried, either that being on a journey he tarried no longer in the place in respect of which he is charged with failing to notify his place of residence than was reasonably necessary, or that, otherwise, he did his best to act in conformity with the law. 2. On summary conviction of any such offence the offender shall be liable, in the discretion of the justice, either to forfeit his license, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding one year. 62-63 V., c. 49, s. 6. 11. Any holder of a license who, (a) fails to produce the same whenever required so to do by any judge, police or other magistrate, or justice of the peace, before whom he may be brought charged with any offence, or by any peace officer in whose custody he may be, and fails to make any reasonable excuse for not producing the same; or, (b) breaks any of the other conditions of his license by an act which is not of itself punishable either upon indictment or upon summary conviction; is guilty of an offence upon summary conviction of which he shall be liable to imprisonment for three months with or without hard labour. 62-63 V., c. 49, s. 7. 12. Any peace officer may take into custody without warrant viet without any convict who is the holder of such a license, a warrant. Forfeiture of license. Conviction of convict brought be fore justice of the peace. Minister of Justice to advise. (a) whom he reasonably suspects of having committed any offence; or, (b) if it appears to such peace officer that such convict is getting his livelihood by dishonest means; and may take him before a justice to be dealt with according to law. 2. If it appears from the facts proved before the justice that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the convict so brought before him is getting his livelihood by dishonest means such convict shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this Act, and his license shall be forfeited. 3. Any convict so brought before a justice of the peace may be convicted of getting his livelihood by dishonest means although he has been brought before the justice on some other charge, or not in the manner provided for in this section. 62-63 V., c. 49, s. 8. ADMINISTRATION. 13. It shall be the duty of the Minister of Justice to advise the Governor General upon all matters connected with or 2846 affecting license to be at gaol or prison (as the case may be) for the term of and is now confined in the large from the day of his liberation under this order during the remaining portion of his term of imprisonment, unless the said shall before the expiration of the said term be convicted of an indictable offence within Canada, or shall be summarily convicted of an offence involving forfeiture, in which case such license will be immediately forfeited by law, or unless it shall please His Excellency sooner to revoke or alter such license. This license is given subject to the conditions endorsed upon the same upon the breach of any of which it will be liable to be revoked, whether such breach is followed by a conviction or 1. The holder shall preserve his license and produce it when called upon to do so by a magistrate or a peace officer. 2. He shall abstain from any violation of the law. 3. He shall not habitually associate with notoriously bad characters, such as reputed thieves and prostitutes. 4. He shall not lead an idle and dissolute life without visible means of obtaining an honest livelihood. If his license is forfeited or revoked in consequence of a conviction for any offence he will be liable to undergo a term of imprisonment equal to the portion of his term of years which remained unexpired when his license was granted, viz. the term of years. FORM B. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF CONVICTION. I do hereby certify that A.B., the holder of a license under the Ticket of Leave Act was on the day of OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 2848 CHAPTER 151. An Act for the Preservation of Game in the North west Territories. SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as the Northwest Game Act. 57-58 Short title. V., c. 31, s. 1. INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) game guardian' means a game guardian appointed (b) close season,' with respect to any beast or bird, means Definitions. 3. The names by which the beasts and birds mentioned in Young ones this Act are therein described include males and females and included. their young. 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 3. APPLICATION OF ACT. 4. This Act applies to the Northwest Territories of Canada. Application 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 2. of Act. No. 8, of 5. The ordinance of the Legislature of the Northwest Terri- N. W. T. tories, No. 8 of 1893, intituled The Game Ordinance, shall Ordinance not apply to that part of the country in which this Act is in 1893, not to force. 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 26. apply in Territories. CLOSE SEASONS. 6. Except as hereinafter provided, buffalo and bison shall Buffalo or not be hunted, taken, killed, shot at, wounded, injured or bison. molested in any way, at any time of the year until the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. 2 E. VII., c. 12, s. 1; 6 E. VII., c. 16, s. 1. 7. Musk oxen. Elk, etc. Fur-bearing animals. Idem. Idem. Birds. Idem. Governor in Council may alter close season. Eggs not to be taken. 7. Except as hereinafter provided, the following beasts and birds shall not be hunted, taken, killed, shot at, wounded, injured or molested in any way during the following times of year respectively: (a) Musk oxen, between the twentieth day of March and the fifteenth day of October; (b) Elk or wapiti, moose, caribou, deer, mountain sheep and mountain goats between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of July, and between the first day of October and the first day of December; (c) Minks, fishers and martens between the fifteenth day of March and the first day of November; (d) Otters and beavers between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of October; (e) Muskrats between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of October; (f) Grouse, partridges, pheasants and prairie chickens between the first day of January and the first day of September; (g) Wild swans, wild ducks and wild geese between the fifteenth day of January and the first day of September. 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 5. 8. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, when he deems it expedient or necesssary so to do, alter any of the times fixed by the two last preceding sections of this Act. 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 6. 9. Except as hereinafter provided, no eggs in the nest of any of the said birds or in the nest of any other species of wild fowl, shall be taken, destroyed, injured or molested at any time of the year. 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 7. 10. Notwithstanding anything in the four last preceding sections of this Act, the beasts and birds hereinbefore mentioned may be lawfully hunted, taken, or killed, and eggs of any of such birds or wild fowl may be lawfully taken; (a) except as hereinafter provided, by Indians who are inhabitants of the country to which this Act applies, and by other inhabitants of the said country; (b) by explorers, surveyors or travellers, who are engaged in any exploration, survey or other examination of the country, and are in actual need of the beasts, birds or eggs for food; (c) by any person who has a permit to do so granted under the provisions of this Act. 2. Indians or other inhabitants of the country to which this Act applies shall not hunt, take or kill, buffalo, bison or musk oxen during the close seasons for those beasts. 57-58 V., c. 31, s. 8. |