S.L. 549.2 Art. 5Protection of species.

(1) The species of reptiles declared to be protected under the Act shall be those listed in the Schedule.

(2) No person shall pursue, take or attempt to take, kill or attempt to kill, possess, sell by any method, buy, exchange, import or export any of the species, or any part or derivative of such species, listed in the Schedule.

(3) Any person who shall possess a marine turtle prior to the coming into force of these regulations shall register such marine turtle with the Director responsible for fisheries within three months from the publication of these regulations.

(4) Any marine turtle accidentally caught by fishermen during their normal fishing activities and landed at the fish market in Valletta, shall be surrendered immediately to the Director responsible for fisheries who shall then dispose of it for scientific purposes only, and in such cases, the fisherman shall be compensated for any loss of tackle or income as fixed from time to time by the Director responsible for fisheries.