Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000

Amendment of section 49 (revocation of wildlife dealer's licence) of Principal Act.

54.—Section 49 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution, in subsection (1), of “is convicted of an offence under this Act” for “is convicted of an offence under section 31 of this Act, or an offence under section 69(2) of this Act because of a contravention of, or of a failure to comply with, regulations made under section 41 or 46 of this Act”, and the said subsection (1), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) Where a person who holds a wildlife dealer's licence is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court by which the person is convicted may revoke the licence and such revocation shall be in addition to any other punishment imposed by the court in respect of the offence.