Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 14

Restriction on re-export of specimens of Appendix II species and Appendix III species

(1) Subject to section 47, a person shall not re-export a specimen of an
Appendix II species or Appendix III species—

   (a)  except as provided in section 22; or

   (b)  except under and in accordance with a licence issued in respect of
        that specimen under section 23(1)(d) prior to the re-export.

(2) A person who re-exports a specimen of an Appendix II species or
Appendix III species under and in accordance with the licence referred to in
subsection (1)(b) shall, before the removal of that specimen from Hong Kong,
produce, or cause to be produced, that licence to an authorized  officer.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.