The present Law lays down provisions relating to the protection, and care of wild living animals in the Saarland. Article 1 establishes that wild animals are an essential part of the local environment and as such they have to be conserved as part of the natural general environment. The text consists of 53 articles divided into 12 Parts as follows: Purpose of the Law; hunting authorities (1); Hunting districts (2); Devolution of hunting rights to third parties (3); Hunting licence (4); Special rights and duties in the exercise of hunting (5); Limitation of hunting (6); Hunting protection (7); Damage caused by game and hunting; duty to deliver and to report (8); Surveillance of trade in game (9); Hunting advisory boards and hunting counsellors, association of hunters (10); Penalties (11); Transitional and final provisions (12).
Germany · 1998-05-27