### Wild Animals Protection Ordinance 《野生動物保護條例》

15. Special permits
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Ordinance, the Director may, upon application in that behalf by any person in such form as the Director may specify, grant to the person, upon such conditions as he thinks fit, a special permit in writing for the purposes of any of the provisions of sections 4, 5, 7(1) and (2), 8, 9 and 17C(3). 
(2) The Director shall, within 30 days of his determination of an application referred to in subsection (1), notify the person by whom the application is made by notice in writing as to—
(a) whether the special permit applied for under the application is granted under subsection (1); and 
(b) where the special permit is so granted, the conditions (if any) upon which it is so granted. 
(Replaced 77 of 1996 s. 9)

15A. Cancellation of permit and special permit
(1) The Director may at any time cancel a permit granted under section 13(1), or a special permit, if—
(a) the holder of the permit or special permit, as the case may be, has—
(i) been convicted of an offence under section 18; or 
(ii) contravened any condition upon which the permit or special permit, as the case may be, was granted; 
(b) the Director is satisfied that the permit or special permit, as the case may be, was granted as a result of a false representation of any fact by or an unlawful act by, the holder of the permit or special permit, as the case may be; or 
(c) it appears to the Director to be necessary for the conservation of wild animals. 
(2) Where the Director cancels a permit or special permit under subsection (1), he shall forthwith notify the holder of the permit or special permit, as the case may be, by notice in writing, of—
(a) the cancellation; 
(b) the reasons for the cancellation; and 
(c) the manner in which the permit or special permit, as the case may be, shall be surrendered. 
(3) A holder of a permit or special permit to whom a notice is given by the Director under subsection (2) shall, in the absence of any reasonable excuse, within 14 days of the date of the notice, surrender the permit or special permit, as the case may be, to the Director in the manner specified in the notice. 
(Added 77 of 1996 s. 10)

### Wild Animals Protection Ordinance 《野生動物保護條例》

16. Nature wardens
The Chief Executive may appoint any person to be a nature warden or honorary nature warden for the purposes of this Ordinance and any such appointment shall be published in the Gazette. 
(Amended 58 of 1980 s. 8; 34 of 2000 s. 3)

17. Powers of inspection and arrest
(1) If an authorized officer finds a person hunting or has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has been hunting or is about to hunt, he may require such person to produce for inspection his special permit. (Amended 58 of 1980 s. 9) 
(2) If an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under section 18, he may arrest such person. (Amended 77 of 1996 s. 11) 
(3) Where an authorized officer arrests a person under subsection (2) he shall forthwith take such person to the nearest police station and shall there hand him over to the custody of a police officer and thereupon the provisions of section 52 of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232) shall apply. 
(4) (Repealed 77 of 1996 s. 11)

### Wild Animals Protection Ordinance 《野生動物保護條例》

17A. Powers to search suspects, and to seize and detain evidence, etc.
(1) An authorized officer may, without warrant, stop and search any person, and search the property of any person, by whom he has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under section 18 is being or has been committed. 
(2) An authorized officer may seize and detain at the owner’s risk—
(a) (i) any protected wild animal, whether dead or alive; 
(ii) any part of a protected wild animal; or 
(iii) any nest or egg of a protected wild animal, 
in respect of which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under section 18 is being or has been committed; 
(b) (i) any protected wild animal, whether dead or alive; 
(ii) any part of a protected wild animal; or 
(iii) any nest or egg of a protected wild animal, 
which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing has been abandoned; 
(c) any receptacle in which any animal liable to be seized and detained under paragraph (a) or (b) is contained, together with any handling or other device which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing is used for or in connection with the animal; 
(d) any food or drink accompanying any animal liable to be seized and detained under paragraph (a) or (b); 
(e) any live decoy or any device for the emission of recorded noises, any arms or any hunting appliance, by or with which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under section 18 is being or has been committed; 
(f) any document or thing which is likely to be or to contain evidence of an offence under section 18 which the authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing is being or has been committed. 
(3) In subsection (2)—
(a) a reference to any protected wild animal shall be deemed to include a reference to any animal which an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing is a protected wild animal; 
(b) a reference to any part of a protected wild animal shall be deemed to include a reference to any part of an animal which an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing is a part of a protected animal; 
(c) a reference to any nest or egg of a protected wild animal shall be deemed to include a reference to any nest or egg of an animal which an authorized officer has reasonable grounds for believing is a nest or egg of a protected wild animal. 
(Added 77 of 1996 s. 12)