s 2 Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“advertise”, in relation to a scheduled species, means to describe, make reference to or allude in any way, by any means or in any form, to that scheduled species —(a) whether directly or indirectly; (b) whether orally, in writing in any language, diagrammatically, pictorially, by the use of symbols or photographs, or in any combination thereof; and (c) whether by the common name or the scientific name of that scheduled species or otherwise; “animal” means any member of the Animal Kingdom, and includes —(a) any mammal (other than man), bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusc, arthropod, or other vertebrate or invertebrate, whether alive or dead, and the egg, young or immature form thereof; and (b) any readily recognisable part or derivative of an animal; “authorised officer” means —(a) any police officer; (b) any officer of customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1960; or (c) any person appointed as an authorised officer by the Director‑General under section 3(2); “Board” means the National Parks Board established by the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Revised Edition) as in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996; “CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora signed in Washington, D. C., on 3 March 1973, and any amendment to, or substitution of, the Convention that is binding on Singapore; “conveyance” includes any vessel, aircraft, vehicle or mode of transport; “corporation” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] “Director‑General” means the Director‑General, Wildlife Trade Control appointed under section 3(1); “export” means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by land, sea or air any scheduled species other than any scheduled species in transit in Singapore, but does not include re‑export; “import” means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, sea or air any scheduled species other than any scheduled species in transit in Singapore; “information” includes data, text, images, sound, codes, computer programmes, software and databases; “introduction from the sea” means transportation into Singapore of any scheduled species which was taken in the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State; “owner” includes any person for the time being in charge of any scheduled species and any person for the time being in occupation of any premises; “permit” means a permit or certificate issued by the Director-General under section 7(3) or deemed (by section 30) to have been issued under this Act;[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] “plant” means any member of the Plant Kingdom, whether live or dead, and any readily recognisable part or derivative of a plant; “premises” includes any house, hut, shed, structure, platform, path, bridge, open space, building or enclosure whether roofed or not; [Deleted by Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] [Deleted by Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] “readily recognisable part or derivative” —(a) for an animal, means any substantially complete animal, or any part or derivative of an animal, in natural form, stuffed, chilled, preserved, dried or otherwise treated or prepared (which may or may not be contained in preparations), and includes —(i) any meat, bone, hide, skin, leather, tusk, horn, antler, gland, feather, hair, tooth, claw, shell, scale or egg of an animal; or (ii) any thing which is claimed by any person, or which appears from any accompanying document, or any packaging, label or mark, or any other circumstances, to contain any part or derivative of an animal, but does not include any urine, faeces or ambergris that has been naturally excreted; and (b) for a plant, means any substantially complete plant, or any part or derivative of a plant, in natural form, preserved, dried or otherwise treated or prepared (which may or may not be contained in preparations), and includes —(i) any seed, stem, leaf, bark, root, log, flower, fruit or pod of a plant; or (ii) any thing which is claimed by any person, or which appears from any accompanying document, or any packaging, label or mark, or any other circumstances, to contain any part or derivative of a plant;[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] “recent lineage”, in relation to a hybrid animal, means 4 generations in the lineage of the hybrid animal that immediately precede the hybrid animal;[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] “re‑export” means the export of any scheduled species that has previously been imported; “sale” or “sell” includes barter or exchange; “sample”, in relation to a scheduled species, means the scheduled species or any part thereof; “scheduled species” means —(a) any animal specified in the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the animal; (b) any hybrid animal that has in its recent lineage any animal specified in Appendix I or II of the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the hybrid animal;[Act 15 of 2026 wef 01/07/2026] (c) any plant specified in the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the plant; or[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] [Act 15 of 2026 wef 01/07/2026] (d) any hybrid plant that is derived from one or more plants specified in the Schedule, including any readily recognisable part or derivative of the hybrid plant;[Act 15 of 2026 wef 01/07/2026] “seized item” means any scheduled species, article, conveyance, receptacle, package or other thing seized by an authorised officer under this Act.[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] (2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to —(a) an animal specified in Appendix I of the Schedule includes a reference to a hybrid animal that has the firstmentioned animal in the recent lineage of the hybrid animal; or (b) an animal specified in Appendix II of the Schedule includes a reference to a hybrid animal (not being a hybrid animal mentioned in paragraph (a)) that has the firstmentioned animal in the recent lineage of the hybrid animal.[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]