Malaysia legislation

Section 5

of Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997

Section 5

(1)

The Director shall, subject to this Enactment, have all the powers necessary to carry out the duties and functions provided for in section 4 and for the general superintendence of all matters within the scope of this Enactment.

(2)

Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1) and subject to the provisions of any written law, the Director shall have power to –

(a)

supervise activities relating to wildlife conservation and habitat improvement, rehabilitation and protection;

(b)

undertake surveys of areas of major ecological or scientific importance or where wildlife or its habitats are under threat for the purpose of advising the Minister in the exercise of his powers under section 9, 21 or 64;

(c)

control, manage and maintain Wildlife Sanctuaries and Wildlife

Hunting Areas;

(d)

reserve and set aside areas as breeding places for animals, places for treatment of sick or injured animals, places for rehabilitation of animals before return to the wild, nurseries for plants or any other purposes;

(e)

develop the facilities, including structures, roads, trails, bridges, airfields, fences and water supplies necessary for the operation of Wildlife Sanctuaries and Wildlife Hunting Areas;

(f)

license private organisations or individuals to provide services within the parts of Wildlife Sanctuaries open to the public and

Wildlife Hunting Areas;

(g)

dispose of plants, animals or animal products grown, taken or culled or forfeited or confiscated for the purposes of this

Enactment except where a sale would be contrary to the spirit of the Convention;

(h)

enter into arrangements for commercial hunting, breeding, farming and other exploitation of wildlife resources;

(i)

let sites for the erection of lodges or other accommodation for visitors to the parts of Wildlife Sanctuaries open to the public and

Wildlife Hunting Areas;

(j)

carry out programmes for the restocking of wildlife and the reintroduction of indigenous species;

(k)

carry out programmes for the culling of overstocked species;

(l)

carry out wildlife translocation programmes;

(m)

enter into arrangements with competent authorities in other countries for –

(i)

the donation, sale or purchase of animals or plants for the purpose of restocking and reintroduction of species into the State or such other countries;

(ii)

co-operation in the protection and the saving of endangered species;

(iii)

such other forms of co-operation as the Director shall consider appropriate;

(n)

enter into agreements for the purpose of ensuring animal migration patterns are maintained which may contain compensation arrangements;

(o)

to enforce any provisions of the Convention and any other provisions as may be applicable from time to time as deemed appropriate; and

(p)

do all things necessary for carrying out any of the purposes of this Enactment which the Director is authorised to carry out or for any purpose not specifically provided for in this Enactment.

Delegation by the Director of his powers.

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