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Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 3 - Bare Act

State

Central Government

Year

Section Title

Killing and Capture of Wild Elephants Prohibited

Act Info:



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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