Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “dealer” means any person who, in the course of any business or trade, imports, exports, processes, buys or sells any wildlife of any species or part or product thereof or there from; “forest reserve” means a forest reserve declared as such under section 3 of the Forests Act, Cap. 213; “game ranger” means the Game Warden, a forest officer appointed under the Forests Act, Cap. 213, and any person appointed under section 10 to be a game ranger for the purposes of this Act and, for the purposes of sections 18 and 19, shall be deemed to include a justice of the peace and any member of the Belize Police Department; “Game Warden” means the person appointed as such under section 10; 6 “Minister” means the Minister for the time being responsible for wildlife protection; “to hunt” means to kill, take or molest by any method and includes attempting to kill, take or molest by any method any species of wildlife; “wildlife” means all undomesticated mammals, birds and reptiles and all parts, eggs and nests of any of these wildlife forms; “wildlife offence” means any offence referred to in section 16.