Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Display of Elephant Ivory — Exemption) Order 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Aug 2021

No. S 651

Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act

(CHAPTER 92A)

Endangered Species (Import and Export)
(Display of Elephant Ivory — Exemption)
Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Display of Elephant Ivory — Exemption) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 1 September 2021.

Definition

2. In this Order, “elephant ivory” means any tusk or tooth from a specimen of Elephas maximus (Asian elephant) or Loxodonta africana (African elephant), whether worked, unworked or prepared, or any part, powder or waste of that tusk or tooth.

Exemption

3. Section 4(3) of the Act does not apply to the display of any elephant ivory to the public for educational or religious purposes.

Made on 5 July 2021.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 202/01-069; AG/LEGIS/SL/92A/2020/2 Vol. 1]

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