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Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 s 56

Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 s 56

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 56

(1) Notwithstanding anything in any section other than Wild human life, the person shall be absolved from guilt only in froteted. in respect of the second mentioned act pursuant to section 94. (2) For the purposes of this section an "immediate danger to human lte arises when there is reason to believe that if the wild animal is not shot killed or taken it may cause loss of human life. (3) Where pursuant to this section any person shoots kills or takes any wild animal with the object of saving human life he shall (unless he is licensed to shoot kill or take the wild animal) forthwith report the matter to any officer or an authorized officer and where the person wounds the wild animal the provisions of section 102 shall apply. / (4) Any wild animal shot killed or taken in pursuance of his section shall be the property of the State and shall with• ut delay be handed to the-Game Warden or anauthorized an (AA697 officer.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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