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From 2013 to April 2014, Zhihua C. successively purchased ivory products from others and sold them at the two booths he opened. During this period, Zhihua C. sold 41 ivory products to Bo C. (handled separately).

At 15 o'clock on December 31, 2016, Jianping T. held the G234 ticket for the day to prepare to enter the Nanjing South Railway Station. During the security check, the security inspector found that there were a large number of items similar to jewellery and crafts in the luggage he carried. Jianping T.

This is an appeal by the appellant against his conviction and sentence by the Regional Court magistrate, Upington, on charges of contravention of sections 44(1)(b)(i) and 46 of the Nature and Environmental Conservation Ordinance 19 of 1974.

The court held that in this matter, it was common cause that a South African Court had jurisdiction to decide ownership of the Sable based on the cession agreement. The court found that the cession agreement had been signed by the attorney, acting under the authority of the first respondent.

The appellant was found guilty in the Upington Magistrate’s Court, and appealed his conviction and sentence to the Northern Cape High Court where the conviction and sentence on the first count was set aside, and the conviction on the second count confirmed but the sentence was amended.