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These Regulations, made under section 11 of the Sea Birds and Seals Protection Act, provide rules for the killing of seals and seal pups. It defines duties of a permit holder, i.e. a person to whom a permit to kill seals is issued in terms of section 4 of the Act and members of a sealing team. The Regulations set out procedures for hunting of seals, define inspection powers of officers appointed under the Act, require permit holders to submit statistics on taking of seals and prohibit the feedin