Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 48

Power to amend Schedules

(1) The Secretary may, by order published in the Gazette, amend any Schedule.

(2) If, at the commencement of an order amending Schedule 1—

   (a)  a person has in his possession or under his control a specimen of an
        Appendix I species or Appendix II species; and

   (b)  section 9(1) or 15(1) does not apply to the specimen prior to that
        commencement, section 9(1) or 15(1), as the case may be, shall apply
        in respect of the specimen only on the expiry of 3 months after that
        commencement unless otherwise stated in the order.