Wild Animals and Birds Protection (Amendment) Act, no. 11 of 2024

Act 11 - 2024 - Wild Animals and Birds Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 Wild Animals and Birds Protection (Amendment)th[16 August 2024] 189 SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTEREPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES ACT WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024 (Act 11 of 2024) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Sections 1. Short title 2. Amendment of section 3 I assent Wavel Ramkalawan President th9 August, 2024 WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024 (Act 11 of 2024) AN ACT TO AMEND THE WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS PROTECTION ACT, CAP 247. ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Wild Animals and Birds Protection (Amendment) Act, 2024. Wild Animals and Birds Protection (Amendment)th[16 August 2024] 190 SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTEREPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES ACT Amendment of section 3 2. The Wild Animals and Birds Protection Act, Cap 247, is amended by repealing subsection (1) of section 3 and substituting therefor with the following — “(1) Any person guilty of an offence against any regulation made under this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty prescribed by regulation or, where no such penalty is prescribed, to a fine not less than SCR25,000 and not exceeding SCR1,000,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding seven years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.”. I certify that this is a correct copy of the Bill which was passed by the stNational Assembly on 31 July, 2024. Mrs. Tania Isaac Clerk to the National Assembly Wild Animals and Birds Protection (Amendment)th[16 August 2024] 191 SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTEREPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES ACT Page 1 Page 2 Page 3