LEX BORNEO MERDEKA QUIZ 2007
Almost one year ago Lex Borneo was launched in the Borneo Post. With Merdeka 2007 just a few days away Lex Borneo has decided to join in the spirit of goodwill and fun of the season by running another quiz. This time the format is slightly different. Instead of questions on legal trivia and facts, we decided to test your knowledge of the wildlife in Malaysia (which is part of our national heritage & treasure) under the Wildlife Act 1972. For the highest scorer in the quiz Lex Borneo will sponsor and pay for one year’s subscription of the Borneo Post, the largest daily in East Malaysia. For the second highest score the prize is a 6 months subscription of Borneo Post, also sponsored and paid for by Lex Borneo. So let loose the animal in you and try this quiz. Fax your answers to 088-388087 or email them to lexborneo@yahoo.com. Please make sure that when you send in your entries you provide with details of your name, address and identity card or passport numbers. For more law news go to our web-site @ lexborneo.com . A Blessed Merdeka to all.
CLOSING DATE: 11th SEPTEMBER 2007
PRELIMINARY
The Protection of Wildlife Act 1972 was passed as law in May 1972 as an Act of Parliament to consolidate the laws relating to and to further provide the protection of wild life and
for purposes connected therewith in West Malaysia. One of the main distinctions in the Act is between “totally protected wildlife” and “protected wildlife”. For the first category no hunting or possession or dealing whatsoever is allowed whereas for the second category hunting is allowed during a period of what is known as the open season.
The offences and penalties are dealt with in sections 64 to 71 of the Act. So to begin familarise yourself with this section before you attempt the questions.
PART VI
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROTECTION
64. Unlawfully shooting, etc., totally protected wild life or mere possession thereof
(1) Every person who unlawfully shoots, kills or takes a totally protected wild animal or a
totally protected wild bird (other than an immature totally protected wild animal or immature
totally protected wild bird or the female of a totally protected wild animal or of a totally
protected wild bird) is guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding five thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to
both.
66. Unlawfully shooting, etc., female of totally protected wild life
Every person who unlawfully shoots, kills or takes the female of a totally protected wild animal
or of a totally protected wild bird is guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a
fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or
to both.
67. Damaging, etc., nest or egg of totally protected wild life
Every person who unlawfully takes or damages or destroys the nest or egg of a totally protected
wild animal or a totally protected wild bird is guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be
liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding
five years or to both.
68. Unlawfully shooting, etc., protected wild life
Every person who unlawfully shoots, kills or takes a protected wild animal or a protected wild
bird or has in his unlawful possession a protected wild animal or part thereof or its trophy or a
protected wild bird or part thereof or its trophy (other than an immature protected wild animal or
part thereof or an immature protected wild bird or part thereof or the female of a protected wild
animal or part thereof or the female of a protected wild bird or part thereof) is guilty of an
offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to a
term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to both.
69. Unlawfully shooting, etc., female of protected wild life
Every person who unlawfully shoots, kills or takes the female of a protected wild animal or the
female of a protected wild bird or has in his unlawful possession the female of a protected wild
animal or part thereof or the female of a protected wild bird or part thereof is guilty of an offence
and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand ringgit or to a term of
imprisonment not exceeding three years and six months or to both.
71. Damaging, etc., nest or egg of protected wild life
Every person who unlawfully takes or damages or destroys the nest or egg of a protected wild
animal or a protected wild bird is guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine
not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or to
both.
QUESTION 1 :- PROTECTED OR TOTALLY PROTECTED
The following species of animals are totally protected wildlife and protected wildlife. Can you state which species comes under the category of protected wildlife and which species are under totally protected wildlife.
1. Dwarf Monkey
2. Javan Rhinoceros
3. Sumatran Rhinoceros
4. Python
5. Polar Bear
6. Agile Gibbon
7. Scaly anteater or Pangolin
8. Elephant.
9. Barking Deer
10. Malayan Wild Dog
11. Clouded Leopard
12. Marbled Cat.
13. Slow Loris
14. Lesser Mouse-Deer .
15. Banded Leaf-Monkey
16. Malayan Porcupine
17. Weasel
18. Long-tailed porcupine
19. Yellow Baboon
20. Lord Derby’s Flying Squirrel
21. Dubious Flying Fox
22. Walrus
23. Whiskered Flying Squirrel
24. Smoky Flying Squirrel
25. Tiger
26. Common Otter
27. Leopard Cat .
28. Crocodile
29. Malayan Honey-Bear
30. King Cobra
31. Gila Monster
32. Fijian Crested Iguana
33. Chameleons
34. Leopard
35. Small Indian Mongoose
36. White-tailed Deer
37. Red Fox
38. Clouded Monitor
39. African Elephant
40. Cheetah
41. Cougar
42. Bobcat
43. Lion
44. Sea Otter
45. Mountain Weasel
46. Tonkean Black Ape
47. Long-haired Spider Monkey
48. Moustached Monkey
49. Jaguar
50. Nile Crocodile
51. American Alligator
52. African Rock Python
53. Children’s Rock Python.
54. Snow Leopard
55. Indian Rhinoceros
56. Orang-Utan
57. Gorilla
58. Pampas Cat
59. Long-nosed Spiny Anteater
60. Naked-Tailed Armadillo
61. Crab-eating Mongoose
62. Black Tree Kangaroo
63. Bison
64. Pygmy Hippopotamus
65. Amsterdam Island Fur Seal
66. Yak
67. Red Sheep
68. Cape Mountain Zebra.
69. Tibetan antilope
70. Kashmir Red Deer
71. Killer Whale
72. False Killer Whale
73. White-headed Dolphin
74. Giant Panda
75. Malayan Flying Fox
76. Aardvark
77. Bongo
78. Sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus).
79. Four Horned Antelope
80. Spectacled Bear
81. Grey Wolf
82. Bush Dog
83. Red Spider Monkey
84. Woolly Spider Monkey
85. Diana Monkey
86. Proboscis Monkey
87 . Volcano Rabbit
88. False Water-rat
89. Large Palau Flying Fox
90. Dugong
91. Sperm Whale
92. Humpback Whale.
93. Chinese Dolphin
94. Tropical Rattlesnake
95. Dog-face Watersnake
96. San Diego Horned Lizard
97. Bearded Lizard
98. Cuban Crocodile
99. Komodo Dragon
100. Jamaican Boa
101. Indian Python
102. Rainbow Boa
103. Bahama Islands Boa
104. Boa constrictor
105. Yellow Anaconda
106. Anaconda
Question 2: INSECT OR BIRD? The Act extends protection to insects and birds. Listed below are names of birds and insects. But can you tell us which species is actually a bird and which is an insect?
1. Black-breasted Plovercrest
2. Great saphirewing
3. Raja Brooke’s Birdwing.
4. Common Birdwing
5. Long-billed Starthroat
6. Black-eared Fairy
7. Birdwing Butterfly
8. Short-tailed Woodstar
9. Black Jacobin
10. Mime Butterfly
11. Burmese Raven
12. Banded Peacock
13. Black-backed Thornbill.
14. Juan Fernandez Firecrown
15. Red-tailed Cornet
16. Swallowtail
17. Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
18. Bronzy Inca
19. Pink-throated Brilliant
20. Green Dragontail.
21. Tiger Butterfly
22. Decorated Woodstar
23. Booted Racquet-tail
24. Crimson Topaz
25. White-necked Jacobin
26. Tree Nymph
27. Satyrid Butterfly
28. Black-bellied Thorntail
29. Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
30. White-vented Plumeleteer
31. Indian leaf
32. Streamertail
33. Common Woodnymph
34. Peruvian Sheartail
35. Christine’s Barbthroat
36. White-tailed Golden-throat
37. Nymphalid Butterfly
38. Glorious Begum
39. Nawab
40. Bearded Mountaineer
41. Green-tailed Trainbearer
42. Marvelous Spatuletail
43. White-tipped Sicklebill
44. Purple-throated Carib
45. Rajah butterfly
46. Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing .
47. Coppery-headed Emerald
48. Buff-tailed Coronet
49. Fire-throated Metaltail
50. Snowcap
51. Abbe’s Allotte’s Birdwing
52. Chimaera Birdwing
53. Ecuadorean Piedtail.
54. Mountain Velvet-breast
55. Goliath Birdwing
56. Meridionalis Birdwing
57. Paradise Birdwing
58. Queen Victoria’s Birdwing
59. Apollo Butterfly
60. Luzon Swallowtail
61. Brazilian Ruby
62. Blossomcrown
63. Green Mango
64. Homerus Swallowtail.
65. Blue-fronted Lancebill
66. Shining Sunbeam
67. Hooded Visorbearer
68. Saw-billed Hermit
69. Corsican Swallowtail
70. Bearded Helmet Crest
71. Adorable Coquette
72. White-tailed Hillstar
Question 3 – KIJANG OR RUSA? - The Act stipulates names of some of the animals in Bahasa Malaysia. Can you pick the correct translation of the English names in Bahasa Malaysia.?
1. Barking Deer:- Is it Kijang, Rusa or Pelanduk. Pick the right one
2. Malay Civet Musang:- Tenggalung/Musang Pulut
3. Banded Leaf-Monkey:- Lotong Ceneka/Lotong Cengkong/Lotong Kelabu.
4. Malayan Porcupine:- Landak Raya/Landak Nibong/Landak Batu.
5. Malayan Flying Fox:- Kluang/Kluang Kecil.
6. Pig-tailed macaque:- Berok/Kera.
7. Javan Rhinoceros:- Badak raya/Badak kerbau.
8. Tapir:- Badak cipan/Badak tampung.
9. Agile Gibbon:- Wak-wak/Ungka/Tenggiling.
10. Malayan Wild Dog:- Serigala/anjing hutan.
11. Clouded Leopard:- Harimau dahan/Kucing dahan/Kucing hutan.
12. Otter civet:- Musang memerang/Musang Belang.
13. Selangor Pigmy Flying Squirrel:- Tupai Terbang Terkecil/Tupai Terbang Pipi Merah/
Tupai Terbang Dada Putih
14. Red Giant Flying Squirrel:- Tupai Terbang Ekor Merah/Tupai Terbang Kotor/
Tupai Terbang Hitam.
15. Hairy-nosed Otter:- Memberang Hidung Berbulu/Memberang Licin/Memberang Utara.
16. Crocodile:- Buaya Tembaga/Buaya Julung-julung.
17. Leopard:- Harimau Bintang/Harimau Kumbang.
18. Large Indian Civet:- Musang Jebat/Musang Titik Besar/Musang Akar/Musang Bulan.
19. Short-tailed Mongoose:- Bambun ekor pendek/Bambun Kelabu/Bambun Jawa.
20. Clouded Monitor:- Biawak Tikus/Biawak Serunai/Biawak Kudung.
21. Black Giant Squirrel:- Tupai Gading/Tupai Kerawak Putih-Kuning/Kerawak Hitam.
QUESTION 4 : LATIN TERMINOLOGY - Beside Bahasa Malaysia, Latin or the scientific names is also used to identify each species protected under the Act. Can you give the correct Latin or scientific name for each species.
1. African Elephant:- Is it Loxodonta Africana or Acionyx jubatus or Felis caracal? Pick the right term.
2. Cougar:- Felis concolor/Felis jacobita/Felis nigripes
3. Lion:- Panthera leo/Panthera onca/Panthera uncia
4. Indian Rhinoceros:- Thylacinus cyanocephalus/Rhinoceros unicornis/Diceros bicornis
5. Gorilla:- Trichechus manatus/Pongo pygmaeus/Gorilla
6. Wild Ass:- Equus hemionus/Equus africanus/Equus zebra
7. Grey Wolf:- Canis lupus/Speothos venaticus/Varecia variegata
8. Woolly Spider Monkey:- Brachyteles arachnoids/Lagothrix flavicauda/Saimiri oerstedii
9. Proboscis Monkey:- Cercopithecus Diana/Macaca silenus/Nasalis larvatus
10. Brown Hyena:- Hyaena brunnea/Vicugna vicugna/Chinchilla brevicaudata
11. American Crocodile:- Crocodylus acutus/Gavialis gangeticus/Alligator sinensis
12. Madagascar Boa:- Acrantophis madagascariensis/Bolyeria multicarinata/Epicrates inornatus
13. Hippopotamus:- Hippopotamus amphibious/Arctocephalus australis/Arctocephalus gazella
14. Nile Crocodile:- Crocodylus niloticus/Crocodylus novaeguineae/Alligator mississippiensis
15. Timor python:- Python anchietae/Python sebae/Python timoriensis
Question 5 : DRAFTING LAW: ITS JUST A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION
Section 3 of the Act provides interpretation of the terms used in the Act and the next question is based on this Section. Can you pick the odd one out of the underlined words in the interpretation of terms provided below. For example for the interpretation of the word "bait" it reads together with modification:- “bait” includes any sound or audio-visual device or fish-trap or lamp or salt or sulphur used for the purpose of trapping any wild animal or wild bird;.
Of the words underlined the word "fish-trap" is out of context and the odd one out since a fish-trap are not normally used for trapping wild animals or wild birds.
3. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
(1) “dealer” means any person who carries on the business of a dealer in wild animals or wild
birds by—
(a) housing, transporting,confining or breeding any wild animal or wild bird for sale; or
(b) selling any wild animal or wild bird live or dead or part thereof as food or for
medicinal purposes whether the same is imported or not;
(OF THE 4 WORDS UNDERLINED, “housing, transporting, confining or breeding” pick the odd word out)
(2) “licensed hunter” means any person who is granted a licence under this Act to shoot,buy,kill or
take a protected wild animal or a protected wild bird as specified in the licence, other than an
immature wild animal or immature wild bird;
(3) “open season” means a period (declared by the Minister from time to time by order in the
Gazette pursuant to section 31) during which specified protected wild animals or protected wild
birds may be shot, killed, traded or taken by licensed hunters or other persons as provided in this Act;
(4) “poisoned bait” means any bait attractive to wild animals or wild birds which is coated with,
immersed in, packaged in, powdered with or otherwise impregnated with poison;
(5) “protected wild animal” or “protected wild bird” means a wild animal or wild bird which may be shot, killed, shipped or taken or be held in possession by a licensed hunter, a licensed dealer or other persons as provided in this Act and the conditions prescribed in the licence;
(6) “shoot” includes to shoot or shoot at, with any blow-pipe, arrow, spear, landmine, catapult or with any other missile or projectile (whether of the same genus or not) which is capable of being discharged, launched or directed by any means whatsoever;
(7) “totally protected wild animal” or “totally protected wild bird” means a wild animal or wild
bird which shall not be shot, sold,killed or taken or be held in possession by any person except as provided in Part V of this Act;
(8) “trophy” means—
(a) the skin or feathers of any wild animal or wild bird (as the case may be) whether
or not such skin or feathers have been prepared or preserved;
(b) any wild animal or wild bird whether or not such wild animal or wild bird or part
thereof has been stuffed or mounted; or
(c) any horn, tusk, tooth, nail, internal organs or scale whether or not such horn, tusk, tooth, nail or scale has been prepared or preserved;
(9) “wild animal” means the mammals, birds,reptiles and insects (protected or totally protected) whatever their state of maturity or immaturity notwithstanding that they may be tamed or bred in captivity;
