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National Heritage Wilderness Areas Act (No. 3 of 1988) - Sect 4

Acts prohibited in National Heritage Wilderness Areas

4.
(1) No person shall in a National Heritage Wilderness Area
(a) cut, mark, lop, girdle, saw, convert, collect or remove any plant, tree or any part thereof or any other forest produce;
(b) wilfully strip off the bark or leaves from, or other- wise damage or interfere with, any tree ;
(c) cut grass or pasture cattle;
(d) pollute water;
(e) remove, uproot or destroy, or cause any damage or injury to, any plant;
(f) sell, expose or offer for sale, any plant;
(g) shoot, trap or snare, molest or disturb, any bird or animal;
(h) sell, expose or offer for sale, any bird, beast or reptile or any part of any such bird, beast or reptile;
(i) take or destroy any egg of any bird or reptile or nest of any bird;
(j) fire any gun or do any other act which disturbs or is likely to disturb, any wild animal or do any act which interferes, or is likely to interfere with, the breeding place of any such animal;
(k) possess or use any trap or any explosive or poisonous substance capable of being used for the purpose of injuring or destroying any animal or plant;
(l) erect any building, whether permanent or temporary, or occupy any building so erected :
(m) make any fresh clearing ;
(n) kindle or keep or carry any fire ;
(o) remove any forest produce in any form ;
(p) clear or break up any land for cultivation or any other purpose ;
(q) construct any road ; or
(r) damage, alter or remove any wall, ditch, embankment, fence, hedge, railing or other boundary mark.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (I) of subsection (1) shall be . read or construed as prohibiting the Competent Authority, from erecting and occupying any building within National Heritage Wilderness Area, for the purposes of this Act.


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