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

20A. Disposal of items
(1) Where—
(a) anything is—
(i) forfeited under section 20(1); or 
(ii) ordered to be forfeited under section 20(2) or (3); or 
(b) anything seized and detained under section 17A(2), other than that which apart from section 17A(3) could not have been so seized and detained, is—
(i) in case it is a live protected wild animal—
(A) likely to die or be subjected to unnecessary suffering if it is kept in captivity; or 
(B) by reason of its size, diet, normal habitat or for any other reasonable cause impracticable to be kept detained by the Director; 
(ii) in any other case—
(A) perishable; or 
(B) for any other reasonable cause impracticable to be kept detained by the Director, 
the Director may cause the same to be disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit. 
(2) Where anything is seized and detained under section 17A(2)(b), or under section 17A(2)(c) or (d) in connection with an animal liable to be seized and detained under section 17A(2)(b), then—
(a) subject to subsection (1), in the event that any person has lodged a claim in respect of it as its owner by notice in writing served on the Director within 14 days after its seizure, the Director shall—
(i) where only one claim has been so lodged and the Director admits the claim, cause it to be returned as soon as reasonably practicable to the person by whom the claim has been lodged; 
(ii) in any other case, apply to a magistrate for an order in respect of it under section 20(3) as soon as reasonably practicable; 
(b) in the event that no person has so lodged a claim, the Director may cause it to be disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit. 
(3) The Director shall, where he is required to apply for an order in respect of anything under section 20(3), notify any person by whom a claim has been lodged in respect of it pursuant to subsection (2), by notice in writing served on the person as soon as reasonably practicable, that—
(a) subsection (2)(a)(ii) applies; and 
(b) the Director will in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(ii) apply for an order in respect of it under section 20(3). 
(Added 77 of 1996 s. 16)

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

21. Compensation for damage to crops
(1) If any damage is caused to growing crops by a person, or by his attendants or dogs, whilst engaged in hunting, he shall be liable to pay to the owner of the crops by way of compensation such sum of money as a magistrate may, on hearing a complaint under Part II of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), order. 
(2) Any compensation ordered to be paid under subsection (1)—
(a) shall be paid within 7 days after the date of the order; or 
(b) shall, if not paid in accordance with paragraph (a), be recovered as if it were a fine imposed by a magistrate under this Ordinance.

22. Power to amend Schedules
(1) The Secretary for Environment and Ecology may by notice published in the Gazette amend any Schedule. 
(2) Where the Secretary for Environment and Ecology amends Schedule 6, an amendment of an area specified in that Schedule or the insertion therein of a new area shall be described by reference to a plan signed and dated by the Director and deposited in the Land Registry, Victoria, and such plan shall be available for inspection at the Land Registry, Victoria, and copies of it shall be available for inspection at every District Office in the New Territories. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2) 
(Amended 58 of 1980 s. 13; 77 of 1996 s. 17; 78 of 1999 s. 7; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; L.N. 144 of 2022)

23. Appeals
Any person who is aggrieved by a decision made in respect of him by the Director in relation to—
(a) the granting of or the refusal to grant a permit or a special permit pursuant to section 13 or 15; or 
(b) the cancellation of a permit or a special permit under section 15A, 
may, within 28 days after receiving notice of the decision, appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board. 
(Added 77 of 1996 s. 18)

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

24. Notices
For the purposes of this Ordinance, a notice required to be served on or given to any person in writing by the Director under this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been duly served on or given to that person, if—
(a) in the case of an individual, it has been—
(i) delivered to him; 
(ii) left at his last known address; or 
(iii) sent by post to him at his last known address; 
(b) in the case of a body corporate, it has been—
(i) delivered to an officer of the body corporate; 
(ii) left at his last known address of the body corporate; or 
(iii) sent by post to the body corporate at the last known address of the body corporate; 
(c) in the case of a partnership, it has been—
(i) served on or given to any partner who is an individual pursuant to paragraph (a) as if he were an individual under that paragraph; or 
(ii) served on or given to any partner which is a body corporate pursuant to paragraph (b) as if it were a body corporate under that paragraph. 
(Added 77 of 1996 s. 18)

### Wild Animals Protection (Approval of Hunting Appliances) Notice 《野生動物保護(狩獵器具的批准)公告》

1. Citation
This notice may be cited as the Wild Animals Protection (Approval of Hunting Appliances) Notice.

2. Approval of hunting appliances
The following hunting appliances are approved for the purpose of hunting wild animals—
(a) poisons commonly used to kill rats, mice, cockroaches, mites, ticks, bugs, fleas, lice and similar household pests; 
(b) insecticides and agricultural pesticides; 
(c) spring-back traps of a size and type commonly used to kill rats and mice; 
(d) cage traps smaller than 331 millimetres in length, 181 millimetres in width or 156 millimetres in height commonly used to capture rats, mice and similar pests.