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5
(2) Section 4(2) is amended -
(a) by repealing “$5,000" and substituting “$25,000"; and
(b) by repealing “$10,0000” and substituting “$50,(8)”.
Restriction on export of scheduled species
5. (1) Section 511) is amended by adding, “or controlled medicme” after "species", (2) Section 5(2) is amended --
(a) by repealing “$5,000" and substituting “$25,000”, and
(b) by repealing "$10,000” and substituting "$50,000.
Restriction on possession of scheduled species
6. (1) Section 6(1) is amended by adding "or controlled medicine” after “species". (2) Section 6(2) is amended---
(a) by repealing “$5,000” and substituting “$25,000”; and (b) by repealing "$10,000” and substituting “$50,000",
Iste and renewal of licences
7. (1) Section 7(1) is amended by repealing "scheduled species” and substituting “any scheduled species or controlled mechcine”.
(2) Section 7(2Kc) and (e) is amended by adding “or controlled mediane” after "species" wherever it appears.
(3) Section 7(3) is amended by adding "or controlled medicine" after 'species" wherever it appears.
Section added
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The following is added after section 7
“Furnishing false information
7A. (1) Any person who in an application for a licence under section 7(1) furnishes any information which he knows or has reason tʊ believe to be false in any material particular or misleading by reason of the omission of any materia particular or furnishes any information as true and accurate information without any belief in the truth or accuracy of the information supplied shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000.
(2) Any person who claims, represents or holds out, by advertisement or otherwise, that--
(a) any article or object is a scheduled species; or
(b) any medicine is a controlled medicine,
without any belief in the truth of the claim, representation or holding our shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 **
Cancellation of licence
y. Section 8(4) is amended by repealing “$2,000” and substituting “$10,000".
Production of licence
10. (1) Section 9(1) is repealed and the following substituted
"(1) An authorized officer may require any person who has in his possession at under his control
(a) any scheduled species; or
(b) any controlled medicine; or
tet any receptacle which is claimed, 11 presented or held out by aus person by advertisement or otherwise, to contain any scheduled speces mi controlled medicine, as the case may be.
and for which scheduled species or controlled medicine a licence undes scenon 341 is required, to produce that licence.".
· (2) Section 9(2) is amended by repeating "$2,000" and substituting “$10,000/ Power to require information
11. (1) Section 10(1) is repealed and the following substituted
“(1) If the Director suspects that any aninual, animal part or plant that is bong or has been imported, or that is deemed under section 2A to be in transit, is a scheduled species, he may require any person who has the animal, ammal part er plant in his possession of under his control to declare its common name and if known to that person, its scientific name,
(IA) If the Director suspects that any medicine that is being, or has been imported, or that is deemed under section 2A to be in transil, is a controlled medicine, be may require any person who has the medicine in his possession of under his control to declare the comunda name and, if known to that person, the scientific name of the scheduled species whose part of derivative, whether readily to ognizable or not, is contained, or is clanned, represented or held out by any person, by advertiseinent or otherwise, to be contained in that inedine.”.
(2) Section 10(2) is amended
(ư) by adding “or (1A)" after “(1)”; and
thy by repealing "$1,000" and substituting "$5,000*
Powers of search, etc.
12. (1) Section 11(1) is amended
which is
Species (a) in paragraph (a) by repealing "there is therein any scheduled
being or has been imported in contravention of section 4 and" and sub- stituting
“an offence under section 4, 5, 6 on 9 is being of iñas been crimiled in that vessel, aircraft, train or vehicle, or"; and
(b) in paragraph 4h4 by repealing "has in his possession any scheduled species in respect of which a contravention of soction 4, 5 or 6 is beng or has been committed” and substituting
"is committing or has committed an offence under section 4, 5, 6 or 4” (2) Section 110?) is amended by repeating "liable to seizure" and substituting “or controlled medicine liable to seizure, or any thing, document or advertisement likely to be or to contain evidence of an offence under section 4, 5, 6 vi 9”.