Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 23

Issue of licences

PART 5

LICENCES

(1) The Director may, on application made to him in the specified  form and on
payment of the fee prescribed in Schedule 2, issue a licence for the—

   (a)  import;

   (b)  introduction from the sea;

   (c)  export;

   (d)  re-export; or

   (e)  possession or control, of a specimen of a scheduled species.

(2) The Director shall not approve an application made under this section if
such approval would contravene any requirement under the Convention.

(3) On issuing any such licence, the Director may impose such conditions as he
considers appropriate, including conditions that are more stringent than any
requirement under the Convention.

(4) A licence issued under this section shall—

   (a)  be in the specified form;

   (b)  specify the name and address of the holder of the licence;

   (c)  specify the quantity and description of the specimen concerned;

   (d)  specify the conditions, if any, of the licence; and

   (e)  specify the period of validity of the licence.

(5) If any condition of a licence issued under this section is contravened,
the holder of the licence commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a
fine at level 5.