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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 7

Penalty for Contravening Section 3

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Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 7 is part of Elephants Prevention Act,1879 - Penalty for Contravening Section 3. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whoever, in contravention of section 3, kills, injures or captures, or attempts to kill, injure or capture, any wild elephant, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for each elephant concerned;

and whoever breaks any condition contained in a license granted under this Act shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

Any person convicted of a second offence under this section shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

When any person holding a license under this Act is convicted under this section, such license shall become void and shall be delivered up to the convicting Magistrate.

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Section Section 7 of the Elephants Prevention Act,1879 (Penalty for Contravening Section 3) 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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