Section 21
Animal fighting activity
of Animal Welfare Enactment 2015
(1)
A person commits an offence if he -
(a)
causes an animal fight to take place, or attempts to do so;
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(b)
receives money for the admission to an animal fight;
(c)
publicizes a proposed animal fight;
(d)
provides information about an animal fight to another person with the intention of encouraging attendance at the fight;
(e)
makes or accepts a bet on a result of an animal fight;
(f)
makes or accepts a bet on anything which may occur during the animal fight;
(g)
takes part in an animal fight;
(h)
has in his possession, anything designed or adapted for the purposes of an animal fight;
(i)
keeps or trains any animal for the purpose of an animal fight; or
(j)
has any premises which is used for animal fight.
(2)
No person shall, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse -
(a)
present at an animal fight; or
(b)
supply, publish, show or possess an audio-visual recording of an animal fight.
(3)
Paragraph (2) (b) shall not apply -
(a)
if the audio-visual recording of an animal fight took place outside
Malaysia; or
(b)
if the supply of an audio-visual recording is for the purposes of its inclusion or, publication or showing in a film, documentary and news.
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(4)
For the purposes of this section -
"audio-visual recording" means a recording, in any form, from which a moving image may by any means be reproduced and includes data stored in a computer, disc or by other electronic means which is capable of being converted to a moving image;
"supply of an audio-visual recording" means the supply of an audio-visual recording in any manner including any audio-visual recording in the form of the data stored electronically for the purposes of transmitting such data;
"publication or showing" means to publicize or show a moving image reproduced from an audio-visual recording by any means;
"animal fight activity" means any activity that involves a fight between at least two animal and is conducted for the purposes of sport, wagering or entertainment except the animals are expressing their natural behaviour; and
"animal fight" means an occasion on which an animal is placed with another animal or with a human, for the purposes of fighting, wrestling or baiting.
(5)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) 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.