No person shall, except pursuant to and in accordance with and for the purposes and under the conditions stated in a permit or licence that is effective for the purposes of this subsection, keep in captivity—

For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the following permits and licences shall be effective in relation to any animal:

The Director-General of Forests shall not issue, or concur under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section in issuing, any such permit or licence in respect of the keeping of any species of deer in captivity, unless he is satisfied that—

Except as authorised by a permit or licence that is effective for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, no person shall, without a permit issued by the Director-General of Forests, keep in captivity, or export alive, any deer, wapiti, thar, chamois, opossum, or wallaby:

“Provided that the Director-General of Forests shall not issue any such permit to keep any such animal in captivity unless he is satisfied that—

The Director-General of Forests shall not issue, or concur in issuing, any permit or licence in respect of the keeping of any species of deer in captivity in any part of any National Park or scenic reserve, or of any sanctuary for the purpose of the preservation of native flora or native fauna.

The Director-General of Forests may refuse to issue, or to concur in issuing, any permit or licence to which any of the foregoing provisions of this section apply, or may issue or concur in issuing any such permit or licence for such period and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

Any permit or licence to which any of the foregoing provisions of this section apply may relate to a specified animal, or to all animals of a specified species or class or of specified species or classes or to a specified number or specified numbers of any of them.

Any such permit that is issued by the Director-General of Forests may, by notice in writing, be at any time revoked by the Director-General of Forests; and any such permit or licence that is issued by the Director-General of Agriculture may, by notice in writing, be at any time revoked by the Director-General of Agriculture:

“Provided that, notwithstanding the revocation of any such permit or licence, every power and act that may be necessary to compel the performance of the obligations of any holder for the time being of the permit or licence in respect of the period while it continued in force may be exercised and performed in all respects as if the permit or licence continued in force.

Any Forest Officer shall have power, on producing (if so required) due evidence of his appointment, to enter at all reasonable times on the land or premises of the holder of any permit or licence to which any of the foregoing provisions of this section apply, or any other land or premises where he has reasonable cause to suspect that any animal is being kept in breach of this section, and inspect any part of the land or premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of the permit or licence are being complied with or, as the case may be, whether any animal is being kept in breach of this section:

“Provided that a Forest Officer shall not enter any dwellinghouse or the enclosed garden or curtilage of any dwellinghouse, unless he is authorised by a warrant under the hand of a Magistrate, who shall not grant such a warrant unless he is satisfied that the Forest Officer has reasonable grounds for requiring entry into the dwellinghouse, garden, or curtilage.

Any Magistrate who is satisfied on oath that there is probable cause to suspect that any breach of this section has been or is being committed within any dwellinghouse, garden, or curtilage may, by warrant under his hand, empower a Forest Officer to enter therein for the purpose of detecting that offence at such time or times of the day as are mentioned in the warrant, but no such warrant shall continue in force for more than fourteen days from the date thereof.

Every person who keeps an animal in captivity in contravention of this section commits an offence against this Act and is liable on summary conviction,—

The Minister may authorise any officer or employee of the Forest Service or any other person authorised by him to hunt or kill any noxious animal by day or night on State forest land, or on any land leased to or managed by the Minister; and nothing in subsection (2b) of section 16 of the Arms Act 1958 (as inserted by section 6(1) of the Arms Amendment Act 1964), or in any other enactment except subsections (2) and (2a) of the said section 16, shall prevent any officer, employee, or person so authorised from hunting or killing any noxious animal on any forest road not effectively open at the time for use by the public.”