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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 3

Killing and Capture of Wild Elephants Prohibited

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Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 3 is part of Elephants Prevention Act,1879 - Killing and Capture of Wild Elephants Prohibited. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

No person shall kill, injure or capture, or attempt to kill, injure or capture, any wild elephant unless

(a) in defence of himself or some other person;

(b) when such elephant is found injuring houses or cultivation, or upon, or in the immediate vicinity of, any main public road or any railway or canal ; or

(c) as permitted by a license granted under this Act.

[Substituted by Act 2 of 1883, for the original section.]

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What does Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 3 provide?

Section Section 3 of the Elephants Prevention Act,1879 (Killing and Capture of Wild Elephants Prohibited) is reproduced on this page as part of the Elephants Prevention Act,1879. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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