Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
“animal” means any species of animal, and includes mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, invertebrates, or any recognizable part or derivative thereof;
“building” includes any house, hut, shed, or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure, support or foundation connected to the foregoing;
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“Chief Park Warden” means a Chief Park Warden appointed under section 3(2);
“Controller” means the Controller of National Parks and
Nature Reserves appointed under section 3(1), and includes a
Deputy Controller;
“historical monument” has the meaning assigned to it in the
Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance, 1993 [Cap. 6];
“historical site” has the meaning assigned to it in the
Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance, 1993 [Cap. 6];
“infrastructure” includes road, railway, dam, power transmission line, cable car and airfield;
“land” means unalienated State land and any other land held or registered in the name of the Government of Sarawak for the purpose of a national park or a nature reserve;
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for national parks and nature reserves;
“national park” means any—
(a)
area of land;
(b)
inland water area; or
(c)
area within the territorial waters of the State, constituted as a national park under Part III for—
(i)
conservation and protection of wild life and their habitat;
(ii)
preservation of geological or physiographical features of special interest on land and in areas beneath the territorial waters of the State;
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(iii)
facilitating study and research on the biodiversity of the State;
(iv)
protection of the natural scenic beauty, and the historical sites and historical monuments on land and in the territorial waters of the State; and
(v)
affording opportunities for public appreciation, enjoyment and education of the natural scenic beauty, wild life habitat, flora and fauna, geological and physiographical features, historical sites and historical monuments of the State;
“nature reserve” means any—
(a)
area of land;
(b)
inland water area; or
(c)
area within the territorial waters of the State, constituted as a nature reserve under Part III for—
(i)
the preservation of specific natural features, landscape and site for archaeological, recreational, educational or conservation purposes;
(ii)
the preservation and protection of any particular historical site or historical monument on account of their unique natural beauty or interest; and
(iii)
enhancing public appreciation, interest and education in the features, landscape, historical site or historical monument mentioned in paragraphs (i) and (ii);
“park officer” means any officer appointed under section 3, and includes the Controller;
“Park Warden” and “Park Ranger” means a Park Warden and a Park Ranger appointed under section 3(2);
“plant” means any species of plant, including all flowering and non-flowering species, or any recognizable part or derivative thereof;
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“Sarawak Biodiversity Council” means the Sarawak
Biodiversity Council established under section 3 of the Sarawak
Biodiversity Centre Ordinance, 1997 [Cap. 24];
“weapon” includes any firearms, knives, blowpipes, spears, traps, snares, and any other type of weapon in common use by natives of Sarawak;
“wild life” means any species of wild animal or wild plant which exists, or whose habitat is, in the wild or natural state, in
Sarawak or elsewhere in the world.