Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
The Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 [Act 716], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 3—
(a)
by deleting the definition of “licensed taxidermist”;
(b)
by substituting for the definition of “export” the following definition:
‘ “export” means to take or cause to be taken out of Peninsular Malaysia or the Federal Territory of
Labuan, by land, sea or air, any wildlife or any part or derivative of any wildlife;’;
(c)
in the definition of “wildlife”, by substituting for the words
“or protected” the words “, protected or controlled”;
(d)
by inserting after the definition of “wildlife” the following definition:
‘ “controlled wildlife” means any wildlife specified in the Fifth Schedule;’;
(e)
by substituting for the definition of “import” the following definition:
‘ “import” means to bring or cause to be brought into Peninsular Malaysia or the Federal Territory of
Labuan, by land, sea or air, any wildlife or any part or derivative of any wildlife;’;
(f)
by inserting after the definition of “aborigine” the following definition:
‘ “wildlife exhibition” means an activity of temporarily displaying wildlife and open to the public;’;
(g)
by inserting after the definition of “enforcement officer”
the following definition:
‘ “captive breeder” means a person who is granted a permit to operate a commercial captive breeding under this Act;’;
(h)
by substituting for the definition of “commercial captive breeding” the following definition:
‘ “commercial captive breeding” means a process of wildlife breeding in captivity through parents that mated, or through any reproduction methods, in a controlled environment for commercial purposes;’;
Wildlife Conservation (Amendment)
(i)
by deleting the definition of “taxidermy business”;
(j)
by deleting the definition of “controlled species”; and
(k)
by substituting for the definition of “business of dealing”
the following definition:
‘ “business of dealing” means a business involving the carrying out of the following activities:
(a)
selling or purchasing for resale any protected wildlife or totally protected wildlife, or any part or derivative of any protected wildlife, totally protected wildlife or controlled wildlife, as food or for medicinal purposes;
(b)
selling or purchasing for resale any part or derivative of any protected wildlife, totally protected wildlife or controlled wildlife;
(c)
selling or purchasing for resale any protected wildlife or totally protected wildlife as pets; or
(d)
selling or purchasing for resale any offspring of any protected wildlife or totally protected wildlife from commercial captive breeding including any part or derivative of such offspring.’.
Amendment of section 9