Section 27
Offence to do certain acts without licence
(1)
Any person who, in any marine reserve or marine park, without a licence —
(a)
fishes or attempts to fish;
(b)
takes, removes or is in possession of any aquatic flora and fauna or part thereof, whether dead or alive;
(c)
collects or is in possession of any coral, dredges or extracts any sand or gravel, discharges or deposits any pollutant, alters or destroys the natural breeding grounds or habitat of aquatic life, or destroys any aquatic life;
(ca) undertake photography, filming or sound recording of aquatic life;
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(cb) constructs or lays lines, cables, pipelines, ropeways and associated structures in, on or under the bed of a marine reserve or marine park;
(d)
constructs or erects any building or other structure on or over any land or waters within a marine reserve or marine park;
(e)
anchors any vessel by dropping any kind of weight on or by attaching any kind of rope or chain to, any coral, rock or other submerged object; or
(f)
destroys, defaces or removes any object, whether animate or inanimate, in a marine reserve or marine park, is guilty of an offence.
(2)
A licence to do any of the things referred to in subsection (1)
may be issued where it is necessary for the proper management of the marine reserve or marine park or pursuant to any of the purposes referred to in section 26(1).