Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2006 (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “conveyance” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “corporation” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “permit” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:“ “permit” means a permit or certificate issued by the Director‑General under section 7(3) or deemed (by section 30) to have been issued under this Act;”;

(c)

by deleting the definitions of “readily recognisable part or derivative of a plant” and “readily recognisable part or derivative of an animal” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions: “ “readily recognisable part or derivative” —

(a)

for an animal, means any substantially complete animal, or any part or derivative of an animal, in natural form, stuffed, chilled, preserved, dried or otherwise treated or prepared (which may or may not be contained in preparations), and includes —

(i)

any meat, bone, hide, skin, leather, tusk, horn, antler, gland, feather, hair, tooth, claw, shell, scale or egg of an animal; or

(ii)

any thing which is claimed by any person, or which appears from any accompanying document, or any packaging, label or mark, or any other circumstances, to contain any part or derivative of an animal,but does not include any urine, faeces or ambergris that has been naturally excreted; and

(b)

for a plant, means any substantially complete plant, or any part or derivative of a plant, in natural form, preserved, dried or otherwise treated or prepared (which may or may not be contained in preparations), and includes —

(i)

any seed, stem, leaf, bark, root, log, flower, fruit or pod of a plant; or

(ii)

any thing which is claimed by any person, or which appears from any accompanying document, or any packaging, label or mark, or any other circumstances, to contain any part or derivative of a plant;“recent lineage”, in relation to a hybrid animal, means 4 generations in the lineage of the hybrid animal that immediately precede the hybrid animal;”;

(d)

by deleting the definition of “scheduled species” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “scheduled species” means —

(a)

any animal specified in the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the animal;

(b)

any hybrid animal that has in its recent lineage any animal specified in Appendix I or II of the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the hybrid animal; or

(c)

any plant specified in the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the plant;“seized item” means any scheduled species, article, conveyance, receptacle, package or other thing seized by an authorised officer under this Act.”; and

(e)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to —

(a)

an animal specified in Appendix I of the Schedule includes a reference to a hybrid animal that has the firstmentioned animal in the recent lineage of the hybrid animal; or

(b)

an animal specified in Appendix II of the Schedule includes a reference to a hybrid animal (not being a hybrid animal mentioned in paragraph (a)) that has the firstmentioned animal in the recent lineage of the hybrid animal.”.