s 7 Permit for import, export, etc., of scheduled species
7.—(1) Any person who wishes to import, introduce from the sea, export or re-export any scheduled species must apply to the Director-General for a permit. (2) Every application under subsection (1) must —(a) be made in the form and manner that the Director-General requires; and (b) be supported by the documents and information that the Director-General requires to decide on the application. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the Director-General may do either of the following on an application made in respect of any scheduled species under subsection (1):(a) issue to the applicant a permit or certificate to import, introduce from the sea, export or re-export (as the case may be) the scheduled species, subject to any condition or restriction the Director-General thinks fit; (b) refuse the application. (4) The Director-General must refuse an application in respect of any scheduled species made under subsection (1) that is accompanied or supported by any CITES permit or certificate, or any other similar document (called in this subsection the document), if —(a) the document is issued or purported to be issued by the competent authority of a country for the export or re-export of the scheduled species after the date of the export or re-export (as the case may be) and —(i) the scheduled species is a scheduled species specified in Appendix I of the Schedule; or (ii) the circumstances that led to the retrospective issue of the document were caused by or contributed to by the exporter or re-exporter (as the case may be), or the importer, of the scheduled species; or (b) the document is issued or purported to be issued by the competent authority of a country for the import, export or re-export of the scheduled species and contains any alteration, unless the alteration is —(i) endorsed with the seal or stamp of the competent authority; and (ii) authenticated by the signature (or signatures) of the person (or persons) who is (or are) authorised to authenticate the alteration for the competent authority. (5) In this section, “alteration”, for a document, includes deletion or erasure of anything in the document.[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]