No person may –
(a) cut, disturb, damage or destroy any indigenous tree in a natural forest; or
(b) possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any tree, or any forest product derived from a tree contemplated in paragraph (a),
except in terms of -
(i) a licence issued under subsection (4) or section 23; or
(ii) an exemption from the provisions of this subsection published by the Minister in the Gazette on the advice of the Council.
