Malaysia legislation

Section 56

of Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998

Section 56

(2)

Any Wild Life Sanctuary constituted or deemed to have been constituted under the repealed Ordinance shall, if still subsisting or in force immediately before the date of commencement of this

Ordinance, be deemed to be a Wild Life Sanctuary constituted under

Part III of this Ordinance, until or unless amended or revoked under and by virtue of this Ordinance, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply thereto:

Provided that where a forest reserve or a protected forest or any part thereof has been constituted as a Wild Life Sanctuary under Part

II of the repealed Ordinance, the Minister having responsibilities for forestry shall, in pursuance of section 24 or 39 of the Forests

Ordinance [Cap. 126 (1958 Ed.)], take such action as is necessary for that forest reserve or protected forest or any part thereof to cease to be a forest reserve or protected forest, as the case may be.

(3)

Any rule, order or direction, notice or notification made, issued or given before the date of commencement of this Ordinance, under the repealed Ordinance shall, if it could have been made, issued or given under any corresponding provision of this Ordinance, continue in force, and have the like effect, as if it had been so made, issued or given, as the case may be.

(4)

Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect the past operation of, or anything done under, the repealed Ordinance provided that any right, privilege, licence or liability existing immediately before the date of commencement of this Ordinance by virtue of the repealed

Ordinance, shall be subject to this Ordinance.

(5)

Any action, suit or proceedings which has been instituted, filed or commenced under the repealed Ordinance and is still pending or existing immediately before the date of commencement of this

Ordinance shall be continued under the provisions of the repealed

Ordinance as if this Ordinance had not been enacted.

FIRST SCHEDULE

(Section 2(1))

TOTALLY PROTECTED ANIMALS

English Name

Scientific Name

Local Name

A. MAMMALS

Slow loris

Nycticebus coucang

Ukang; bengkang (I)

Western tarsier

Tarsius bancanus

Kera hantu; ingkat (I)

Silvered langur

Presbytis cristata

Lotong

Hose’s langur

Presbytis hosei

Berangad

White-fronted langur

Presbytis frontata

Puan

Banded langur

Presbytis melalophos

Penetat

Maroon langur

Presbytis rubicunda

Lotong merah; jelu merah (I)

Proboscis monkey

Nasalis larvatus

Orang belanda;

rasong (I)

Bornean gibbon

Hylobates muelleri

Wak-wak;

empeliau (I)

Orang-utan

Pongo pygmaeus

Mawas; maias (I)

Giant squirrel

Ratufa affinis

Tupai kerawak

Tufted ground

Rheithrosciurus

Tupai squirrel macrotis

Clouded leopard

Neofelis nebulosa

Rimau dahan;

engkuli (I)

Bay cat

Felis badia

Kucing merah

Marbled cat

Felis marmorata

Kucing dahan

Flat-headed cat

Felis planiceps

Kucing hutan

All whales, dolphins

All species of

Paus; lumba lumbi and porpoises

Cetacea

Dugong

Dugong dugon

Dugong; duyong (I)

Rhinoceros

Dicerorhinus

Badak sumatrensis

Wild cattle

Bos javanicus

Tembadau

Naked bat

Cheiromeles torquatus

English Name

Scientific Name

Local Name

B. BIRDS

Oriental darter

Anhinga melanogaster

Pacific reef egret

Egretta sacra

Ujoh laut

Cattle egret

Bubulcus ibis

Burung apuh; burung lima ringgit

Storm’s stork

Ciconia stormi

Bangau

Lesser adjutant stork

Leptoptilos javanicus

Bangau

White-bellied fish

Haliaeetus leucogaster

Lang laut eagle

Grey-headed fish

Ichthyophaga

Lang laut eagle ichthyaetus

Bornean peacock

Polyplectron

Ruai pheasant schleiermacheri

Argus pheasant

Argusianus argus

Ruai

Bulwer’s pheasant

Lophura bulweri

Bekia

Black-naped tern

Sterna sumatrana

Burung laut

Bridled/brown-winged tern

Sterna anaethetus

Burung laut; entala puteh (I)

All phalaropes

Phalaropus spp.

Kedidi

All imperial pigeons

Ducula spp.

Rawa

Silvery (grey) wood

Columbia argentina

Pergam pigeon

White-crowned

Aceros comatus

Sentuku (I)

hornbill

Bushy-crested

Anorrhinus galeritus

Kakalau (I)

hornbill

Wrinkled hornbill

Aceros corrugatus

Alau buloh

Wreathed hornbill

Aceros undulatus

Alau sangoh

Asian black hornbill

Anthracoceros

Alau babi; gagak/

malayanus rengak (I)

Oriental pied hornbill

Anthracoceros

Alau pedada; bruie (I)

albirostris

Rhinoceros hornbill

Buceros rhinoceros

Kenyalang (I)

English Name

Scientific Name

Local Name

Helmeted hornbill

Buceros vigil

Tajai (I)

All pittas

Pitta spp.

Burung pacat

Straw-headed bulbul

Pycnonotus

Barau-barau zeylanicus

Bornean bristlehead

Pityriasis gymnocephala

C. REPTILES

All marine turtles

All species of

Penyu-penyu laut

Chelonidae and

Dermochelyidae

Painted terrapin

Callugur borneensis

Beluku

Terrapin

Orlitia borneensis

Beluku

Niah cave gecko

Cyrtodactylus

Cicak gua Niah cavernicolus

Earless monitor

Lanthanotus

Cicak purba lizard borneensis

PROTECTED ANIMALS

A. MAMMALS

All treeshrews

All species of

Tupaiidae

All bats

All species of

Chiroptera excluding those already listed in Part I

All primates

All species of Primates excluding those already listed in Part I

Flying lemur/colugo

Cynocephalus variegatus

Kubung

Pangolin

Manis javanica

Tenggiling

All flying squirrels

All species of

Tupai terbang

Petuaristinae

English Name

Scientific Name

Local Name

Porcupines

All species of

Landak

Hystricidae

Sun bear

Helarctos malayanus

Beruang

Bear cat

Arctitis binturong

Binturung

All civets and

All species of

Musang mongooses

Viverridae

All otters

All species of Lutra

Memerang and Aonyx

All cats

All species of Felidae

Kucing hutan excluding those already listed in

B. BIRDS

Christmas frigatebird

Fregata andrewsi

All herons, egrets

All species of and bitterns, exclud-Ardeidae ing those already listed in Part I

All storks, excluding

All species of those already

Ciconiidae listed in Part I

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Lang; menaul

All falcons

All species of

Rajawali; menaul

Falconidae

All scrubfowl,

All species of partridges and

Phasianidae pheasants, exclud-ing those already listed in Part I

All waders, exclud-All species of ing those already

Charadiiformes listed in Part I

Metallic pigeon

Columbia vitiensis

Pergam

Nicobar pigeon

Caloenas nicobarica

Pergam

All owls

All species of

Burung hantu

Tytonidae and

Strigidae

English Name

Scientific Name

Local Name

All swiftlets

All species of

Burung layang

Aerodramus,

Hydrochous and

Collocalia

All kingfishers

All species of

Pekaka

Alcedinidae

All woodpeckers

All species of Picidae

Belatok

Asian paradise fly-Terpsiphone paradisi

Burung sambar ekor catcher panjang

Grackle or hill myna

Gracula religiosa

Burung tiong

All parrots and

All species of

Bayan parakeets

Psittacidae

White-rumped shama

Copyschus malabaricus

C. REPTILES

Burmese brown

Geochelone emys

Baning tortoise

All soft-shelled

All species of

Labi-labi turtles

Tryonychidea

False gharial

Tomistoma schleglii

Buaya jujulong

Estuarine crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

Buaya katak

All monitor lizards

All species of

Biawak

Varanus

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Ular tedung

Common cobra

Naja naja

Ular tedung

All pythons

All species of Python

Ular sawa

D. FISH

Arowana (dragonfish)

All species of

Ikan seruk; ikan siluk

Osteoglossidae

E. INVERTEBRATES

All hard and soft

All species of

Batu karang corals

Hydrozoa and

Anthozoa

(Actinozoa)

Raja Brooke’s birdwing

Troides brookiana

F. ADDITIONAL SPECIES

All species of animals listed in Appendices I and II of the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), excluding those already listed in Part I.

(Section 31)

ANIMALS WHICH MAY BE IMPORTED OR EXPORTED

UNDER LICENCE

All animals, other than totally protected animals.

SECOND SCHEDULE

(Section 2 (1))

TOTALLY PROTECTED PLANTS

Scientific Name

Common Name 1.

All Rafflesia species

Bunga pakma 2.

Dipterocarpus obloglofolius

Ensurai

PROTECTED PLANTS

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