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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 1950 - SECT 16A

16A .         Unlawful possession of protected fauna

        (1)         A person who has in his possession any protected fauna or the skin or carcass of any protected fauna, except where the fauna was lawfully taken, commits an offence against this Act.

        (2)         A person who sells, buys, transports or has in his possession or control the skin or carcass of any fauna to which a tag is required to be affixed under this Act and to which no such tag is affixed commits an offence against this Act unless the provisions of subsection (3) apply.

        (3)         The provisions of subsection (2) do not apply to any skin or carcass, or any part thereof, lawfully taken and processed for the purposes of sale pursuant to section 17A.

        [Section 16A inserted by No. 53 of 1970 s. 5; amended by No. 67 of 1975 s. 18; No. 58 of 1985 s. 3.]



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