Malaysia legislation

Section 24

of Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997

Section 24

(1)

Any domestic animal found in a Wildlife Sanctuary may be impounded by a Wildlife Officer and shall be returned to any person claiming ownership of it –

(a)

if a Wildlife Officer is satisfied that the claimant is the true owner;

and

(b)

the claimant has paid to the Government the total prescribed daily pound fees for that domestic animal.

(2)

Where an animal has been released under subsection (1) the

Government shall be absolved from all liabilities and all claims in respect of that animal.

(3)

Where a domestic animal impounded under subsection (1) has not been claimed within thirty days of being impounded, the officer in charge of the Wildlife

Sanctuary may dispose of that animal as he shall consider fit.

(4)

A domestic animal shall include, for the purposes of this section, an animal of a wild species that has escaped from captivity or is owned by any person pursuant to a farming permit.

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