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This is a wide-ranging Act with 4 major parts and 74 sections:
Part I
• giving protection to wild birds, nests and their eggs, (Sections 1 ¯ 8);
• the protection of certain wild animals and mammals, (Sections 9 ¯ 12);
• the protection of wild plants, “if any person … intentionally or recklessly picks, uproots or destroys … any wild plant included in Schedule 8 … he shall be guilty of an offence”. This also applies to trying to sell such plants. (Section 13) ¯ See Schedule 8;