Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Restriction on re-export of specimens of Appendix I species

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

   (a)  except as provided in section 22; or

   (b)  except under and in accordance with a licence issued in respect of
        that specimen under section 23(1)(d) prior to the re-export.

(2) A person who re-exports a specimen of an Appendix I species under and in
accordance with the licence referred to in subsection (1)(b) 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.