Section 18:
The animals specified in Part I of the Seventh Schedule shall be partially protected game animals throughout Botswana, and no person shall, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence or permit issued under this Act, hunt or capture any partially protected game animal.

Section 20 (extract): (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an individual entitled to landholder's privileges or to enjoy landholder's privileges in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) or subsection (2) may, subject to such fees as may be prescribed, hunt and kill, without a licence or permit, any animals, other than protected and partially protected game animals,
within the limits of the land in respect of which he is entitled to or to enjoy such privileges, but shall not kill any animal which is listed in the Eighth Schedule in excess of the number specified in relation to that animal in the second column of that Schedule within any one period such as is specified in the corresponding entry in the third column of that Schedule. Section 32 (extract):
(2) The Director may, after consultation with the appropriate local authorities and land boards, determine the number of animals of each species, or of a particular sex, that may be hunted during any season in any specified controlled hunting area, or any other specified area, and shall cause to be displayed a notice to this effect, at offices of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and at such other places as he may determine.

Section 17 (extract) :
(1) The animals specified in the Sixth Schedule shall be protected fish and game animals throughout Botswana.
(2) No person shall, except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Director under section 39 or section 40, fish, hunt or capture any protected fish or game animal.


Section 19 (extract):
(1) A person shall not hunt or capture any animal (other than a non-designated invertebrate animal outside of a national park or a game reserve) otherwise than in accordance with the terms and conditions of a license issued, or a permit granted, under this Act:
Provided that a citizen of Botswana may hunt any non-designated animal, other than in a national park or a game reserve, for consumption by himself or his dependants, without a license or permit.
(2) The animals specified in Parts II and III of the Seventh Schedule are animals that may be captured or hunted in accordance with the terms and conditions of a license under this Act:
Provided that where an area is specified or areas are specified in relation to a particular animal, that animal may only be captured or hunted in that areas or areas, as the case may be.

Section 32 (extract):
(2) The Director may, after consultation with the appropriate local authorities and land boards, determine the number of animals of each species, or of a particular sex, that may be hunted during any season in any specified controlled hunting area, or any other specified area, and shall cause to be displayed a notice to this effect, at offices of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and at such other places as he may determine.

Section 32 (extract):
(2) The Director may, after consultation with the appropriate local authorities and land boards, determine the number of animals of each species, or of a particular sex, that may be hunted during any season in any specified controlled hunting area, or any other specified area, and shall cause to be displayed a notice to this effect, at offices of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and at such other places as he may determine.

Section 32 (extract):
(2) The Director may, after consultation with the appropriate local authorities and land boards, determine the number of animals of each species, or of a particular sex, that may be hunted during any season in any specified controlled hunting area, or any other specified area, and shall cause to be displayed a notice to this effect, at offices of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and at such other places as he may determine.

Para 5.9. Objective (extract) 5.9.2.1 To promote sustainable utilisation of wildlife resources. 5.9.3 Strategies 5.9.3.1 Facilitate a restricted and regulated wildlife-based industry that is premised on the principle of sustainable off-take, science-based quota setting, and efficient utilisation of the resource.

3. Fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual
Whereas every person in Botswana is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest to each and all of the following, namely—

(a) life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;

(b) freedom of conscience, of expression and of assembly and association; and

(c) protection for the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation, the provisions of this Chapter shall have effect for the purpose of affording protection to those rights and freedoms subject to such limitations of that protection as are contained in those provisions, being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any individual does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest.

Short title:
An Act to make further and better provision for the conservation and management of the wildlife of Botswana, giving effect to CITES and any other international convention for the protection of fauna and flora to which Botswana is, from time to time, a party, to provide for the establishment, control and management of national parks and game reserves, and for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

Section 89 (extract):
(2) A Minister's licence shall, subject to the terms of CITES, entitle the holder thereof to hunt any animals, other than protected game animals, in any area of Botswana which is not in a national park, a game reserve or private land, in any season, whether or not such area is an area in which hunting is prohibited or restricted, and whether or not such season is the open season for such animals in that area, and as may be specified in the licence.

Section 18. Partially protected game animals
The animals specified in Part I of the Seventh Schedule shall be partially protected game animals throughout Botswana, and no person shall, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence or permit issued under this Act, hunt or capture any partially protected game animal.

Regulation 3 (extract): (1) Subject to these Regulations, no person shall hunt a game animal listed under the Seventh Schedule of the Act, unless he has been issued with a licence as specified under subregulation (2) authorizing him to hunt that game animal.
(2) The following licences may be issued for the hunting of game animals-
(a) bird licence;
(b) single game licence;
(c) small game licence; or
(d) special game licence [.....] (4) Any person who contravenes subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence

Section 17 (extract):
(3) Any person who contravenes the provision of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of P10 000 or imprisonment for 7 years, or to both:
Provided that, where the animal in respect of which the offence is committed is a rhinoceros, the person shall be liable to a fine of P100 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or to both.

Section 19 (extract):
(5) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 18 or subsection (1) or (3) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable if the contravention is in respect of -
(a) fish, to a fine of P1 000 and to imprisonment for 1 year;
(b) a partially protected game animal, to a fine of P5 000 and imprisonment for 5 years:
Provided that where the animal in respect of which the offence is committed is an elephant, the offender shall be liable to a fine of P50 000 and to imprisonment for 10 years;
(c) an animal specified in Part II of the Seventh Schedule, to a fine of P2 000 and to imprisonment for 2 years;
(d) an animal specified in Part III of the Seventh Schedule, to a fine of P1 000 and to imprisonment for 1 year;
(e) a bird specified in Part III of the Seventh Schedule, to a fine of P1 000 and to imprisonment for 1 year; and
(f) any non-designated animal, or in respect of any term or condition of any license or permit issued to that person, to aa fine of P500 and to imprisonment for 6 months,

Section 48 (extract):
(2) Where any animal is killed by accident or in error by any person while he is hunting and such person is the holder of a licence or permit entitling or authorizing him to kill such animal it shall be counted as an animal killed in terms of such licence or permit, and the person who killed it shall record the killing thereof in his register in accordance with the provisions of section 38. Section 38 (extract): (4) Any person who, being required under this section to keep and maintain a register, or submit a return within the specified period-
(a) fails to do so;
(b) fails to record therein any particular which he is required to record therein;
(c) makes, or is party to the making of, any false entry therein;
(d) fails to produce his register upon the request of a licensing officer or any other person
entitled under this Act to request its production; or
(e) fails to furnish a true copy of his register to a licensing officer within twenty one days
of being requested to do so by a licensing officer, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of P500 and to imprisonment for 6 months.