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