47. Sections 52, 52A, 53, 53A and 53B of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:
| 52. No person shall use any artificial light, for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the destruction or the capture of any animal whether by dazzling the vision of any such animal, or by attracting any such animal to such artificial light or otherwise. |
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| 52A. No person shall shoot at, injure or kill any animal within a distance of one hundred yards from a water-hole or place where such animal usually goes to drink water. |
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| 53. Except in accordance with regulations, no person shall, on any State land or any public thoroughfare outside a National Reserve,-
| | (a) hunt, shoot, kill or take any animal between sunset and sunrise : | | |
| | (b) set, lay or spread any net, pitfall, trap, snare or other instrument for the purposes of killing or taking any animal ; or | | |
| | (c) construct or use any ambush, or hide on the ground or on a tree for the purpose of shooting or injuring any animal. | | |
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| 53A. No person shall use any poison, explosive or stupefying substance for the purpose of poisoning, killing or stupefying any animal. |
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| 53B. No person shall have in his possession, sell, expose for sale or transport the flesh of any animal which has been killed or taken by the use of any poison, explosive or stupefying substance : |
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