PART XV
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE SPECIES AND SPECIMENS
94. Issuance of export, re-export and import permit
(1) Any trade in violation of CITES provisions is prohibited under this Act and all specimens illegally traded shall be confiscated.
(2) A person shall not, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Director General in accordance with CITES provisions, export from or import into or transport through or re-export from Tanzania, any wildlife species, specimens or products.
(3) The export, import, transport through and re-export of wildlife species listed in the relevant appendices to the CITES and any wildlife species and specimens or products shall be permitted only in accordance with the provisions of CITES, and before issuing any permit, the Director General shall satisfy himself that –
(a) the specimens have been acquired lawfully;
(b) the issuance of the permit shall not in any way be detrimental to the survival of the wild population of the species as opposed to the individual specimen; and
(c) all provisions with respect to CITES and any international or regional agreement or instrument relating to the export and import of wildlife species and specimens or products and sale of manufactured trophies which the Government is a party have been complied with.
(4) The Director General shall be the CITES management authority however on matters relating to species other than those falling directly under CITES outside Mainland Tanzania, the Director General shall liaise with the relevant CITES management authorities.
(5) The Minister may appoint or designate one or more scientific authorities for the purpose of this Part so that on matters relating to species other than those falling directly under any of such scientific authority, that scientific authority shall liaise with other relevant scientific authorities.
(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any other written law relating to the export and import of goods, and any regulations made by the Minister in respect of the specified animals and CITES, upon application made in the prescribed form, and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Director General may grant permits for the export from or import into or re-export from Mainland Tanzania of any trophy.
(7) Any person who contravenes the provision of this section commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than three times the value of the specimen involved in the commission of the offence or to a minimum of five years imprisonment or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(8) In this section "re-export" means export of any specimen that was previously imported.
