Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Import of pre-Convention specimens

PART 4

CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH DEALINGS IN SCHEDULED SPECIES WITHOUT LICENCE ARE
PERMITTED

A person may import a specimen of a scheduled species if, upon the landing of
the specimen in Hong Kong—

   (a)  he produces, or causes to be produced, to an authorized officer a
        pre-Convention certificate, or a Convention certifying document
        containing the particulars required to be specified in a
        pre-Convention  certificate, in respect of the specimen;

   (b)  an authorized officer has inspected the specimen to compare it with
        the particulars on that pre-Convention certificate or Convention 
        certifying document and is satisfied that the particulars tally; and

   (c)  where a Convention certifying document is produced under paragraph
        (a), that person surrenders, or causes to be surrendered, to the
        authorized officer that document for retention and cancellation.