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2. MARKING OF LIVE RHINOCEROS AND ANY RHINOCEROS HORN

(1) All live rhinoceros sold and transported after the .commencement of these norms and standards that have not been micro-chipped before, or where an inserted micro-chip is no longer detectable, must be micro-chipped with one micro-chip in front of the left shoulder and one micro-chip in each of the horns.

(2) Rhinoceros mortalities must be reported to the issuing authority immediately after the death of the animal has been discovered.

(3) The owner of a live rhinoceros who acquires rhinoceros horn from a legal dehorning procedure, or the natural mortality of the rhinoceros, or Where the rhinoceros has lost its hom in any other natural manner, where the rhinoceros hom has not been micro-chipped before or where an inserted microchip is no longer detectable, must apply to the issuing authority to have the rhinoceros horn microchipped, wlthin 5 working days of acquiring such rhinoceros horn.

(4) When an application for the possession and/ or marking of any detached rhinoceros horn is submitted to the issuing authority, information on the base circumference, inner length (anterior) and outer length (posterior) of each individual hom, as well as the weight thereof, must be provided by the applicant In addition to this information the applicant must submit a photograph of good quality, for easy identification, of each horn.

(5) Before a possession permit is issued by the issuing authority, an official of the issuing authority must conduct an inspection of the horn and verify the information supplied by the applicant.

(6) An official of the issuing authority must micro-chip the rhinoceros horn contemplated in subparagraphs (3) or (4). The official must also mark the rhinoceros hom with indelible ink or by means of punch die, using the formula: ZA/serial number/year/weight, if the rhinoceros hom or part thereof is 5cm or more in length. The owner of the rhinoceros hom Is responsible for the costs incurred by the issuing authority to purchase the micro-chips.

(7) The provincial issuing authorities must keep the above information on the TRAFFIC database and any changes resulting from, among others, translocation, export from a province, natural mortalities, or hunting must be reflected on such database. The Department must consolidate the information kept by the provincial issuing authorities, on the national TRAFFIC database.

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