Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Oct 2014 · Part VII · Offences and Penalties
72. Using, etc., totally protected wildlife without special permit
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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;
uses any totally protected wildlife for his zoo, circus or wildlife exhibition operation; or
uses any totally protected wildlife for his commercial captive breeding operation, without a special permit commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1), and which offence involves wildlife specified in paragraph 68(2)(b), shall, on conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than thirty thousand ringgit and not more than one hundred thousand ringgit and with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) and which offence involves wildlife specified in paragraph 68(2)(c), shall, on conviction, be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred thousand and not more than five hundred thousand ringgit and with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.