Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Restriction on export of specimens of Appendix I species

(1) Subject to section 47, a person shall not export a specimen of an
Appendix I species except under and in accordance with a licence issued in
respect of that specimen under section 23(1)(c) prior to the export.

(2) A person who exports a specimen of an Appendix I species under and in
accordance with the licence referred to in subsection (1) shall, before the
removal of that specimen from Hong Kong, produce, or cause to be produced,
that licence to an authorized officer.

(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.