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Part III
Hunting in the Archipelago of Colon.
Special refuges or National Parks.

Art. 740.-The islands of the Archipelago of Colon which are named in this article can be declared for an unlimited period of time to be used for special refuges or National Parks for animals, reptiles, land tortoises, marine tortoises, lizards, or any other species of zoological life. The referred to refuges or National Parks may be declared inviolable refuges for all classes of zoological life whether it be resident or migratory.

Prohibition to collect, disturb or kill certain species of the fauna of the Archipelago.

Art. 90.-No one may collect, disturb, harm, capture or kill the following species in any part of the islands of the Archipelago of Colon, nor may they disturb the tranquility of the nests or eggs of the species which are herewith detailed:

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Prohibition to land without having previously secured permission.

Art. 91.-It is moreover prohibited that yachts, tourist ships, commercial ships, or fishing ships, boats or aeroplanes of any description, measurement, capacity, or power, allow any person to land in any of the islands of the Archipelago of Colon without having entered beforehand to obtain legal permission in the Port Baquerizo Moreno, officially opened and established in Chatham Island. This legal permission may be written and authorized by the authorities of the above-mentioned port only after the corresponding documents have been signed wherein the person requesting permission has undertaken to obey the laws of the Republic of Ecuador, particularly those laws which cover the protection of zoological specimens.