Federal Negarit Gazeta
13th Year No. 13 ADDIS ABABA-27th February, 2006
Page 3372
34.
Duty to Cooperate
Any person shall have the duty to cooperate with the Institute, the
relevant institutions, and local communities in the implementation of
this Proclamation as well as regulations and directives issued
hereunder.
35.
Penalty
1/ Any person who:
a) Accesses genetic resources or community knowledge
without obtaining an access permit from the Institute;
b) Provides false information in the access application or in the
course of subsequent monitoring of access agreement;
c) Subsequently changes the purpose of access specified in
the access agreement without obtaining permit from the
Institute to the effect.
d) Explores genetic resources without obtaining exploration
permit from the Institute or provides false information in the
application for exploration permit;
Shall, with out prejudice to the confiscation of the genetic resource
accessed, the cancellation of the access permit granted, and the
civil liability arising thereof, be punished, depending on the gravity
of the circumstance, with rigorous imprisonment of not less than
three years and a fine of not less than ten-thousand and not
exceeding thirty-thousand birr.
2/ Where the offence committed is in relation to genetic resources
endemic to Ethiopia:The punishment shall be, depending of the circumstance, rigorous
imprisonment of not less than five years and not exceeding
twelve-years and a fine ranging from fifty thousand birr to
hundred-thousand birr.
3/ Where the offences under this Article are committed in
negligence, the penalty shall be a fine of not less than five
thousand birr or, depending on the circumstance and the gravity
of the offence, simple imprisonment of not less than three months.