Fauna (Protection and Control) Act 1966.

The Act consists of 31 sections divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Protected Fauna (III); Sanctuaries (IV); Protected Area (V); Wildlife Management Areas (VI); Rangers (VII); Miscellaneous (VIII).
The Minister may by Order in the Gazette appoint an officer to Conservator of Fauna. “Fauna” here means mammals, birds, reptile, fish or any other member of the animal kingdom. The Conservator is charged with the administration of this Act. The Minister may declare fauna to be protected fauna for purposes of this Act (sect. 7). No person shall take or kill protected fauna. All protected fauna shall be deemed to be property of the Administration. A permit to take protected fauna can be granted by the Conservator under section 10 subject to conditions set out in that section. The Minister may, by notice in the National Gazette, declare an area to be a sanctuary for the purposes of this Act under section 11, declare an area to be a protected area in relation to a species or class of animals specified in the notice (sect. 13) and declare an area to a Wildlife Management Areas under section 15. No fauna may be taken or killed in a Sanctuary. No specified fauna shall be taken or killed in Protected Areas. A Wildlife Management Committee, appointed by the Minister under section 16, may make rules for the protection, propagation, encouragement, management, control, harvesting and destruction of fauna in the Wildlife Management Area (sect. 17). Section 20 concerns the appointment of rangers. The miscellaneous provisions of this Act provide for exemptions, deal with appeals against acts of the Conservator or a ranger, powers of the Conservator to regulate taking of fauna, importation of fauna to be according to directions of the Conservator and regulation making powers of the Minister, and prescribe offences.