Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Oct 2014 · Part VI · General Exceptions and Presumptions
54. Capturing or killing of wildlife for protection of crops
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding anything in this Act, where any wildlife is causing, or there is reason to believe that it is about to cause, serious damage to crops, vegetables, fruits, growing timber, domestic fowls or domestic animals in the possession of an owner or occupier of land, the owner or occupier or any servant of the owner or occupier or any officer may capture or kill the wildlife after first using reasonable efforts to frighten away the wildlife and failing to do so.
wildlife
―wildlife‖ means any species of wild animal or wild bird,whether totally protected or protected, vertebrate or invertebrate,live or dead, mature or immature and whether or not may be tamed or bred in captivity;
Where any wildlife has caused serious damage under subsection (1) but has ceased to do so, it shall not be captured or killed.
The owner or occupier of land shall, without unnecessary delay, report to any officer the details of the occurrence, including the species of the wildlife, the damage and weapon which has been used
(if any) and whether the wildlife has been captured or killed.
Any owner or occupier of land or servant of owner or occupier of land who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
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Any wildlife captured or killed under this section shall be the property of the State and shall without delay be handed to an officer.