Hong Kong Regulations

MARINE PARKS AND MARINE RESERVES REGULATION - SECT 19

Powers of inspection and seizure, etc.

(1) Where the Authority or an authorized officer has reason to believe that a
person has committed an offence under this Regulation he may seize or dispose
of any commodity, article, animal or plant, whether in the possession of such
person or not, in respect of which the Authority or the authorized officer has
reason to believe that the offence was committed.

(2) In the case of any live animal seized by the Authority or an authorized
officer under the Ordinance or subsection (1) and which is impracticable by
reason of its size, diet, normal habitat or for any other reasonable cause for
the Authority to keep in captivity or which is likely to die or be subjected
to unnecessary suffering if it is so kept, the Authority may cause the animal
to be released, sold or otherwise disposed of forthwith as he thinks fit.

(3) Where any commodity, article, animal or plant has been seized under
subsection (1) it shall, if perishable, be disposed of by the Authority, but
otherwise shall be dealt with in accordance with section  102 of the
Criminal Procedure Ordinance ( Cap 221). (Enacted 1996)