Malaysia legislation
Section 25
Section 25
Substitution of section 49
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 49
the following section:
Quoted provision
Section 49
(a)
hunt any wildlife, animal or bird;
(b)
take, disturb, damage or destroy the nest or egg of any wildlife, animal or bird; or
(c)
disturb, cut, remove or take any soil, timber or vegetation.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a holder of a permit to carry out research or study in any wildlife reserve or wildlife sanctuary or any person who has been granted a written permission under section 48 to enter a wildlife reserve or a wildlife sanctuary for the purposes of science may, with prior approval of the Director General, hunt any wildlife, animal or bird, or take or disturb the nest or egg of any wildlife, animal or bird, or take any other form of samples, in a wildlife reserve or wildlife sanctuary for the purposes of research, study or science.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both.”.
Amendment of section 50