Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Animal Management — Exemption) Order 2025

Regulation 2

Definitions

In this Order —“animal” means —

(a)

any fish;

(b)

any reptile;

(c)

any bird;

(d)

any amphibian; or

(e)

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:

(a)

section 11B(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1965;

(b)

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;

(c)

section 13(3)(b) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;

(d)

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 —

(a)

appointed under section 3(2) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965 as an authorised officer; or

(b)

appointed under section 4(2) of the Wildlife Act 1965 as an authorised officer;“defined weapon” means —

(a)

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

(b)

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 —

(a)

any fish;

(b)

any reptile;

(c)

any bird;

(d)

any amphibian; or

(e)

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:

(a)

section 11B(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1965;

(b)

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;

(c)

section 13(3)(b) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;

(d)

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 —

(a)

appointed under section 3(2) of the Animals and Birds Act 1965 as an authorised officer; or

(b)

appointed under section 4(2) of the Wildlife Act 1965 as an authorised officer;

Definition

“defined weapon” means —

(a)

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

(b)

a dart designed to be shot out of a blow gun or blow pipe by use of breath expelled from the mouth.

Regulation 2 — Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Animal Management — Exemption) Order 2025