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Section 33

Commercial sale of wild mammal, etc.

of Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 33 of 52
Section 33

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(1)

Without prejudice to section 29 and subject to section 37, no person shall sell or offer for sale or claim to be offering for sale, any wild mammal, bird, reptile or amphibian or any recognizable part or derivative thereof other than a wild mammal, bird, reptile or amphibian which is bred, reared or kept in accordance with a licence issued under section 35.

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(2)

(a)

No person shall collect, sell, offer for sale or export from or import into the State, any nest of any swiftlets or any recognizable part or derivative thereof without a licence from the Controller.

(b)

No person shall, without a licence from the Controller, build, erect, maintain or set up any building or structure for the purposes of harbouring, or providing facilities or environment for, swiftlets to make or create nests thereon with a view to collecting and taking edible birds’ nests for sale or trade.

[Add. Cap. A108.]

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2), or who fails to comply with any condition imposed in a licence issued by the

Controller for the purposes of subsection (2), shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of five thousand ringgit.

Prohibition against purchase of wild animal, etc.