Section 58
Amendment of section 86
of Animals (Amendment) Act 2013
Section 86 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by deleting paragraph (c);
(ii)
by deleting paragraph (e);
(iii)
by substituting for paragraph (ka) the following paragraph:
“(ka) regulating the licensing, control, supervision and inspection of places in which animals or birds are or may be kept in captivity for sale, export or exhibition, recreation or sports, research or scientific experiments and such rules may—
(i)
prescribe the conditions subject to which animals or birds may be so kept;
(ii)
specify the authorities by which such licences may be granted;
and
(iii)
prescribe the circumstances in which such licences may be revoked or suspended;”; and
(iv)
by deleting paragraph (m); and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(3) Rules made under this section may prescribe any act or omission in contravention of the rules to be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit, and in the case of a continuing offence, may prescribe a further fine of five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.”.
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