Malaysia legislation
Section 20
Section 20
Section 43 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in the shoulder note, by inserting after the words
“licensed dealer” the words “or holder of special permit to carry out business of dealing”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) A holder of a special permit to carry out the business of dealing may sell any totally protected wildlife during open season until the first thirty days of the close season and shall not henceforth sell any totally protected wildlife unless an open season is subsequently declared for the totally protected wildlife.”;
(c)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “twenty thousand ringgit” the words “fifty thousand ringgit”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “one year” the words
“three years”; and
(d)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:
“(3) Any holder of a special permit to carry out the business of dealing who contravenes subsection (1a) 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.
(4)
This section shall not apply to the sale of any offspring of any wildlife from a commercial captive breeding or any part or derivative of any offspring of any wildlife from a commercial captive breeding.”.
Amendment of section 44