Section 136

Upon receipt of an application under subsection (1), the licensing officer shall issue an acknowledgment of receipt to such person.

Pending the determination of such application, such person may continue to undertake the activity.

Any person who keeps or has in his possession any controlled species shall, on the coming into operation of this Act, report to the

Director General on the controlled species and the Director General shall, upon receiving the report, consider whether or not to permit the person to keep or possess the species.

Permission granted under subsection (4) may be subject to such conditions as the Director General thinks fit to impose.

Where the Director General does not grant permission under subsection (4), the Director General may seize and dispose of the controlled species and no compensation shall be payable by the

Director General for the disposal of the controlled species.

FIRST SCHEDULE

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PROTECTED WILDLIFE

Interpretation of the First Schedule