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Animals and Birds Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Animal Welfare and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
48. Animals and birds not to be kept in captivity for sale, export or exhibition without licence
Feedback & support(1)
A person must not keep in captivity for sale, export or exhibition any animal or bird in any place which has not been licensed in that behalf under this Act.
animal
Defined · s 2
“animal” means any mammal (other than man) or fish and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.