Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Restriction on import of specimens of Appendix I species

PART 2

REGULATION OF APPENDIX I SPECIES

(1) Subject to section 47, a person shall not import a specimen of an
Appendix I species—

   (a)  except as provided in section 17 or 22; or

   (b)  except under and in accordance with—

        (i)    a licence issued in respect of that specimen under section  23
               (1)(a) prior to the import; and

        (ii)   a Convention certifying document issued in respect of that
               specimen.

(2) A person who imports a specimen of an Appendix I species under and in
accordance with the documents referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i) and (ii)
shall, upon the landing of that specimen in Hong Kong—

   (a)  produce, or cause to be produced, the relevant licence to an
        authorized officer; and

   (b)  surrender, or cause to be surrendered, the relevant Convention 
        certifying document to the authorized officer for retention and
        cancellation.

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