Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Power to require scientific names and common names

(1) If an authorized officer reasonably suspects that an animal or plant,
whether live or dead, or a part of an animal or plant—

   (a)  is being or has been imported;

   (b)  is being or has been introduced from the sea;

   (c)  is in transit;

   (d)  is being or is to be exported; or

   (e)  is being or is to be re-exported, and is a specimen of a
        scheduled species, he may require the person who has the animal, plant
        or part in his possession or under his control to give its scientific
        name and common name.

(2) A person who—

   (a)  without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement made
        under subsection (1); or

   (b)  knowingly makes a false statement in purported compliance with such a
        requirement, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine
        at level 5.