Malaysia legislation
Section 68
Section 68
(a)
hunts or keeps any totally protected wildlife (other than an immature totally protected wildlife or the female of a totally protected wildlife); or
(b)
takes or keeps any part or derivative of a totally protected wildlife, without a special permit commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
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(2)
Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) and which offence involves—
(a)
Pangolin (Manis javanica), Blood Python (Python brongersmai), Harlequin Monitor (Varanus rudicollis),
Dumeril’s Monitor (Varanus dumerilli) or Clouded
Monitor (Varanus bengalensis), exceeding twenty heads, shall, on conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than fifty thousand ringgit and not more than one hundred thousand ringgit or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both;
(b)
Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata), Mountain Peacock
Pheasant
(Polyplectron inopinatum),
Great
Argus
(Argusianus argus), Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus),
Straw-headed
Bulbul
(Pycnonotus zeylanicus),
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), Great Hornbill
(Buceros bicornis), Plain-pouched Hornbill (Aceros subruficollis) or Helmeted Hornbill (Rhynoplax vigil)
shall, on conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than thirty thousand ringgit and not more than one hundred thousand ringgit and with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or
(c)
Serow (Capricornis sumatrensis), Gaur (Bos gaurus),
Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), Sumatran
Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), Tiger (Panthera tigris), Leopard (Panthera pardus), Clouded Leopard
(Neofelis nebulosa) or False Gharial
(Tomistoma schlegelii) shall, on conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred thousand ringgit and not more than five hundred thousand ringgit and with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
Hunting, etc., immature totally protected wildlife without special permit