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115000
MDHIAN 2907
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TO DESKBY 12090OZ FCO
TELNO 2329
OF 12064OZ JULY 89
164
YRTELNO 1486: ENDANGERED SPECIES
IVORY
RJ
1. THE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE FINES FIVEFOLD WAS ENACTED ON
28 JUNE 1989. WE INTEND THAT IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO EFFECT ON
1 AUGUST 1989.
RHINO HORN
2. THE BAN ON THE TRADE IN RHINO AND ITS PARTS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN STAGES, AN IMPORT BAN WAS IMPOSED ON 21 FEBRUARY 1979, AN EXPORT BAN ON 1 APRIL 1986 AND LOCAL SALE WAS PROHIBITED ON 31 JULY 1988. LEGISLATION TO BAN THE IMPORT, EXPORT AND POSSESSION OF MEDICINES, WHICH CONTAIN OR PURPORT TO CONTAIN RHINOCEROS INGREDIENTS, WAS ENACTED ON 28 JUNE. TO GIVE A GRACE PERIOD FOR TRADERS TO DISPOSE EXISTING STOCKS, IT WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON 1 DECEMBER 1989.
WILSON
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14
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DISTRIBUTION
14
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