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Rh inches is taken or caught the same shall forthwith be returned to the water by the person taking or catching the same without unnecessary injury.

No person shall, in or from the waters of the Parks, retain or carry away, more than fifteen fish in one day.

No fish shall be taken between the fifteenth day of September and the fifteenth day of May. Fishing may be prohibited in any of the waters of the Parks, or limited therein to any specified season of the year by the order of the Minister of the Interior.

The illegal possession of each and every head of game shall be a separate offence.

No person residing in or visiting or travelling through the Parks, except a duly authorized game guardian, shall have in his possession or carry any rifle, shot gun or other firearm, unless such rifle, shot gun or other firearm shall have been sealed by the Superintendent or other officer authorized by the Superintendent; and no such seal shall be broken within the limits of the Parks except as hereinafter provided.

Any unsealed rifle, shot gun or other firearm found within any of the Parks may be confiscated by the Superintendent, ranger, guardian or other officer.

GAME GUARDIANS Each head guide shall have the authority of a game guardian for the enforcement of the laws and regulations relating to the protection of game and fish and the prevention of fire.

MISCELLANEOUS The use of automobiles of every kind is prohibited on any road or elsewhere within the limits of the Parks.

Any person who violates any the provisions of any of these Regulations, shall, except as hereinafter specially provided, be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars and costs, and in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.

A printed copy of these Regulations to be furnished by the Department of the Interior for that purpose, shall be posted and kept in a conspicuous place in every Government office and in every hotel, boarding-house, bath-house and livery stable within the Parks.

Wherever in these Regulations the expression "The Superintendent of the Park" or "the Superintendent" is used it shall mean the officer holding that office at the present time under appointment by the Governor in Council, or any person who may be hereafter so appointed to the said office in connection with any of the Dominion Parks.