We, Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates State,
- Pursuant to the perusal of the provisional Constitution; and
- Federal Law No. 1 of 1972, regarding the Jurisdiction of Ministries and the Powers of Ministers and the amending laws thereof; and
- Acting upon the proposal of the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the approval of the Council of Ministers,
Have promulgated the following Decree-Law:
It shall be forbidden to hunt inside the state all kinds of wild and marine birds including pigeons, corncrakes and birds and to collect their eggs, or destroy them, with the exception of cormorant species.
It shall be forbidden to hunt the following animals:
1. All species of deer.
2. Oryxes.
3. Rabbits.
4. Dabb lizards.
a. Whoever breaches the provisions of the present Decree-Law shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months, and to a fine of not less than one thousand Dirhams and not more than five thousand Dirhams, this sentence shall be doubled in case of recidivism.
b. In all cases, it sha...