Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Animal Management — Exemption) Order 2025
Regulation 2
Definitions
In this Order —“animal” means —
any fish;
any reptile;
any bird;
any amphibian; or
any mammal (other than man);“animal management purpose” means to exercise a power conferred by any of the following provisions, which involves the seizure, detention, impounding, examination or destruction of an animal:
section 11B(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1965;
sections 19(2)(a)(i) or (b), 35(4)(a) or (b), 38(1)(a), (2) or (3), 39(2) or 51(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965;
section 13(3)(b) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;
rule 22(1) or (2) or 24(1) of the Animals and Birds (Licensing and Control of Cats and Dogs) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 683/2024);“authorised officer” means an employee of the National Parks Board who is —
appointed under section 3(2) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965 as an authorised officer; or
appointed under section 4(2) of the Wildlife Act 1965 as an authorised officer;“defined weapon” means —
a blow gun or blow pipe, being a hollow tube or similar device out of which an arrow or a dart or hard pellet or projectile is shot by use of breath expelled from the mouth; or
a dart designed to be shot out of a blow gun or blow pipe by use of breath expelled from the mouth.
Definition
“animal” means —
any fish;
any reptile;
any bird;
any amphibian; or
any mammal (other than man);
Definition
“animal management purpose” means to exercise a power conferred by any of the following provisions, which involves the seizure, detention, impounding, examination or destruction of an animal:
section 11B(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1965;
sections 19(2)(a)(i) or (b), 35(4)(a) or (b), 38(1)(a), (2) or (3), 39(2) or 51(1) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965;
section 13(3)(b) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;
rule 22(1) or (2) or 24(1) of the Animals and Birds (Licensing and Control of Cats and Dogs) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 683/2024);
Definition
“authorised officer” means an employee of the National Parks Board who is —
appointed under section 3(2) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965 as an authorised officer; or
appointed under section 4(2) of the Wildlife Act 1965 as an authorised officer;
Definition
“defined weapon” means —
a blow gun or blow pipe, being a hollow tube or similar device out of which an arrow or a dart or hard pellet or projectile is shot by use of breath expelled from the mouth; or
a dart designed to be shot out of a blow gun or blow pipe by use of breath expelled from the mouth.