Section 20-699. Prohibition

a.  Except  with a federal or state permit or
  license or under any exception under federal or state law, it  shall  be
  unlawful  to  buy or sell, offer or attempt to buy or sell, or cause any
  person to buy or sell:
    (1) any product, item, or substance described in an  offer  for  sale,
  labeled,  or  advertised  as  derived  from any endangered or threatened
  species, or described in an offer for sale, labeled,  or  advertised  as
  containing  any  substance  derived  from  any  endangered or threatened
  species; or
    (2) any product,  item,  or  substance  that  is  intended  for  human
  consumption  or  application  and  is  described  in  an offer for sale,
  labeled, or advertised as derived from  any  species  of  rhinoceros  or
  tiger,  or  described  in  an  offer for sale, labeled, or advertised as
  containing any substance derived  from  any  species  of  rhinoceros  or
  tiger; or
    (3) any species described in an offer for sale, labeled, or advertised
  as any endangered or threatened species.
    b.  It shall be unlawful to include false or misleading information in
  any offer for sale,  label,  or  advertisement  for  any  endangered  or
  threatened  species  or  any product, item, or substance derived from or
  containing any substance  derived  from  any  endangered  or  threatened
  species. For the purposes of this subchapter, any omission of or failure
  to  state  a  material  fact  shall  be considered inclusion of false or
  misleading information.
    c. The prohibitions of this subchapter shall apply to  any  offer  for
  sale, label or advertisement that refers to any endangered or threatened
  species by its common name or by its scientific name.