Definitions
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In this Act, “amphibian” means any species of Amphibia that the Lieutenant Governor in Council declares to be an amphibian and includes any part and the eggs of such species; (“batracien”) “body-gripping trap” means a trap designed to capture an animal by seizing and holding the animal by any part of its body but does not include a trap designed to capture a mouse or a rat; (“piège à mâchoires”) “closed season” means a period that is not an open season; (“période de fermeture”) “culture” when used as a noun means husbandry or breeding and when used as a verb has a corresponding meaning; (“élevage”, “élever”) “dog” means any of the species Canis familiaris Linnaeus; (“chien”) “domestic animals and domestic birds” includes a farmed animal and a non-native species kept in captivity, except pheasants, but does not include native species otherwise kept in captivity or non-native species present in the wild state; (“animaux domestiques et oiseaux domestiques”) “farmed animal” means an animal during the time that it is kept in captivity for the commercial purpose of propagation or the production of pelts, where the animal is a fisher, fox, lynx, marten, mink, raccoon or any other fur-bearing animal designated by the Minister; (“animal d’élevage”) “farmer” means a person whose chief occupation is farming and, (a) who is living upon and tilling his or her own land, or land to the possession of which he or she is for the time being entitled, or (b) who is a settler engaged in clearing land for the purpose of bringing it to a state of cultivation; (“exploitant agricole”) “ferret” means any of the domesticated forms of the old world polecat (Putorius putorius) used for hunting; (“furet”) “firearm” includes an air or pellet gun and a longbow and a cross-bow; (“arme à feu”) “fish” includes molluscs and crustaceans; (“poisson”) “fishing preserve” means an artificial body of water lying wholly within the boundaries of privately-owned land, containing water from surface run-off, natural springs, ground water or water diverted or pumped from a stream or lake but not being composed of natural streams, ponds or lakes or water impounded by the damming of natural streams and in which fish cultured under a licence or fish taken under a commercial fishing licence are released for angling purposes; (“réserve de pêche”) “fur-bearing animal” means a beaver, fisher, fox, lynx, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, raccoon, skunk, red squirrel, weasel, wolverine or any other animal that the Lieutenant Governor in Council declares to be a fur-bearing animal, and includes any part of such animal; (“animal à fourrure”) “game” means a game animal, game bird or fur-bearing animal, and includes any part of such animal; (“gibier”) “game animal” means any animal, except a fur-bearing animal, protected by this Act, and includes any part of such animal; (“gibier à poil”) “game bird” means any bird protected by this Act or the Migratory Birds Convention Act (Canada), and includes any part of such bird; (“gibier à plume”) “game bird hunting preserve” means any area in which pheasants or other game birds propagated under a licence are released for hunting purposes; (“réserve de chasse au gibier à plume”) “holder of a licence” means the person named in the licence; (“titulaire d’un permis”) “hunting” includes chasing, pursuing, following after or on the trail of, searching for, shooting, shooting at, stalking or lying in wait for, worrying, molesting, taking or destroying any animal or bird, whether or not the animal or bird be then or subsequently captured, injured or killed, and “hunt”, “hunted” and “hunter” have corresponding meanings; (“chasse”, “chasser”, “chassé”, “chasseur”) “leg-hold trap” means a trap designed to capture an animal by seizing and holding the animal by the leg or foot; (“piège à pattes”) “licence” means an instrument issued under this Act conferring upon the holder the privilege of doing the things set forth in it, subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in it and in this Act and in the regulations, but no licence is or shall operate as a lease; (“permis”) “Minister” means the Minister of Natural Resources; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the Ministry of Natural Resources; (“ministère”) “non-resident” means a person who has not actually resided in Ontario for a period of at least seven months during the twelve months immediately preceding the time that his or her residence becomes material under this Act; (“non-résident”) “officer” means a conservation officer or a deputy conservation officer and includes a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force, a member of a police force appointed under the Police Services Act and any other person authorized to enforce this Act; (“agent”) “Ontario Fishery Regulations” means the Ontario Fishery Regulations made under the Fisheries Act (Canada); (“règlements de la pêche en Ontario”) “open season” means a specified period during which specified game or fish may be taken; (“saison de chasse”, “saison de pêche”) “owner”, with reference to land, includes any person who is the owner of an interest in land entitling the owner to the possession of it, but does not include the holder of a timber licence; (“propriétaire”) “pelt” means the untanned skin of a fur-bearing animal; (“peau”) “pheasant” means any of the species Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus; (“faisan”) “power-boat” means any device that is capable of floating and to which is affixed a motor as a means of propulsion and includes any floating device towed by a power-boat; (“bateau à moteur”) “rabbit” includes cottontail rabbit, varying hare and European hare; (“lapin”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “reptile” means any species of Reptilia that the Lieutenant Governor in Council declares to be a reptile and includes any part and the eggs of such species; (“reptile”) “resident” means a person who has actually resided in Ontario for a period of at least seven months during the twelve months immediately preceding the time that his or her residence becomes material under this Act; (“résident”) “snare” means a device for the taking of animals whereby they are caught in a noose, and “snaring” has a corresponding meaning; (“collet”, “tendre un collet”) “trap” means a spring trap, body-gripping trap, leg-hold trap, gin, deadfall, snare, box or net used to capture an animal, and “trapping” has a corresponding meaning; (“piège”, “piégeage”) “vehicle” means a vehicle that is drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, and includes the rolling stock of a railway; (“véhicule”) “vessel” means a boat or ship, and includes a skiff, canoe, punt and raft; (“bateau”) “wolf” means any of the species Canis lupus L. or Canis latrans Say. (“loup”) R.S.O. 1990, c. G.1, s. 1; 1994, c. 27, s. 129 (1, 2); 1996, c. 14, s. 2 (1); 1996, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 1. Application