Act Info:Preamble1 - WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter 2
Section3 - Appointment of Director and other officers
Section4 - Appointment of Life Warden and other officers
Section5 - Power to delegate
Section5A - Constitution of the National Board for Wild Life
Section5B - Standing Committee of the National Board
Section5C - Functions of the National Board
Section6 - Constitution of State Board for Wild Life
Section7 - Procedure to be followed by the Board
Section8 - Duties of State Board for Wild Life
Chapter 3
Section9 - Prohibition of hunting
Section10 - Maintenance of record of wild animals killed or captured [Repealed]
Section11 - Hunting of wild animals to be permitted in certain cases
Section12 - Grant of permit for special purposes
Section13 - Suspension or cancellation of licence [Repealed]
Section14 - Appeals [Repealed]
Section15 - Hunting of young and female of wild animals [Repealed]
Section16 - Declaration of closed time [Repealed]
Section17 - Restrictions on hunting [Repealed]
Chapter3A - PROTECTION OF SPECIFIED PLANTS
Section17A - Prohibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified plant
Section17B - Grants of permit for special purposes
Section17C - Cultivation of specified plants without licence prohibited
Section17D - Dealing in specified plants without licence prohibited
Section17E - Declaration of stock
Section17F - Possession, etc., of plants by licensee
Section17G - Purchase, etc., of specified plants
Section17H - Plants to be Government property
Chapter4 - PROTECTED AREAS
Section18 - Declaration of sanctuary
Section18A - Protection to sanctuaries
Section18B - Appointment of Collectors
Section19 - Collector to determine rights
Section20 - Bar of accrual of rights
Section21 - Proclamation by Collector
Section22 - Inquiry by Collector
Section23 - Powers of Collector
Section24 - Acquisition of rights
Section25 - Acquisition proceedings
Section25A - Time-limit for completion of acquisition proceedings
Section26 - Delegation of Collector's powers
Section26A - Declaration of area as sanctuary
Section27 - Restriction on entry in sanctuary
Section28 - Grant of permit
Section29 - Destruction, etc., in a sanctuary prohibited without permit
Section30 - Causing fire prohibited
Section31 - Prohibition of entry into sanctuary with weapon
Section32 - Ban on use of injurious substances
Section33 - Control of sanctuaries
Section33A - Immunisation of live-stock
Section33B - Advisory Committee
Section34 - Registration of certain persons in possession of arms
Section34A - Power to remove encroachment
Section35 - Declaration of National Parks
Section36 - Declaration of game reserve [Repealed]
Section36A - Declaration and management of a conservation reserve
Section36B - Conservation reserve management committee
Section36C - Declaration and management of community reserve
Section36D - Community reserve management committee
Section37 - Declaration of closed area [Repealed]
Section38 - Power of Central Government to declare areas as sanctuaries or National Parks
Chapter4A - CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY AND RECOGNITION OF ZOOS
Section38A - Constitution of Central Zoo Authority
Section38B - Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and members, etc.
Section38C - Functions of the Authority
Section38D - Procedure to be regulated by the Authority
Section38E - Grants and loans to Authority and Constitution of Fund
Section38F - Annual report
Section38G - Annual report and audit report to be laid before Parliament
Section38H - Recognition of zoos
Section38I - Acquisition of animals by a zoo
Section38J - Prohibition of teasing, etc., in a zoo
ChapterIVB - NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
Section38K - Definitions
Section38L - Constitution of National Tiger Conservation Authority
Section38M - Term of office and conditions of service of members
Section38N - Officers and employees of Tiger Conservation Authority
Section38O - Powers and functions of Tiger Conservation Authority
Section38P - Procedure to be regulated by Tiger Conservation Authority
Section38Q - Grants and loans to Tiger Conservation Authority and Constitution of Fund
Section38R - Accounts and audit of Tiger Conservation Authority
Section38S - Annual report of Tiger Conservation Authority
Section38T - Annual report and audit report to be laid before Parliament
Section38U - Constitution of Steering Committee
Section38V - Tiger Conservation Plan
Section38W - Alteration and de-notification of tiger reserves
Section38X - Establishment of Tiger Conservation Foundation
ChapterIV C - TIGER AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES CRIME CONTROL BUREAU
Section38Y - Constitution of Tiger and other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau
Section38Z - Powers and functions of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
Chapter V
Section39 - Wild animals, etc., to be Government property
Section40 - Declarations
Section40A - Immunity in certain cases
Section41 - Inquiry and preparation of inventories
Section42 - Certificate of ownership
Section43 - Regulation of transfer of animal, etc.
Section44 - Dealings in trophy and animal articles without licence prohibited
Section45 - Suspension or cancellation of licences
Section46 - Appeal
Section47 - Maintenance of records
Section48 - Purchase of animal, etc., by licensee
Section48A - Restriction on transportation of wild life
Section49 - Purchase of captive animal, etc., by a person other than a licensee
Chapter5A - PROHIBITION OF TRADE OR COMMERCE IN TROPHIES, ANIMAL ARTICLES, ETC. DERIVED FROM CERTAIN ANIMALS
Section49A - Definitions
Section49B - Prohibition of dealings in trophies, animal articles, etc., derived from scheduled animals
Section49C - Declaration by dealers
Chapter 6
Section50 - Power of entry, search, arrest and detention
Section51 - Penalties
Section51A - Certain conditions to apply while granting bail
Section52 - Attempts and abetement
Section53 - Punishment for wrongful seizure
Section54 - Power to compound offence
Section55 - Cognizance of offences
Section56 - Operation of other laws not barred
Section57 - Presumption to be made in certain cases
Section58 - Offences by companies
Chapter6A - FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY DERIVED FROM ILLEGAL HUNTING AND TRADE
Section58A - Application
Section58B - Definitions
Section58C - Prohibition of holding illegally acquired property
Section58D - Competent authority
Section58E - Identifying illegally acquired property
Section58F - Seizure or freezing of illegally acquired property
Section58G - Management of properties seized or forfeited under this Chapter
Section58H - Notice of forfeiture of property
Section58I - Forfeiture of property in certain cases
Section58J - Burden of proof
Section58K - Fine in lieu of forfeiture
Section58L - Procedure in relation to certain trust properties
Section58M - Certain transfers to be null and void
Section58N - Constitution of Appellate Tribunal
Section58O - Appeals
Section58P - Notice or order not to be invalid for error in description
Section58Q - Bar of jurisdiction
Section58R - Competent Authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civil court
Section58S - Information to competent authority
Section58T - Certain officers to assist Administrator, competent authority and Appellate Tribunal
Section58U - Power to take possession
Section58V - Rectification of mistakes
Section58W - Findings under other laws not conclusive for proceedings under this Chapter
Section58X - Service of notices and orders
Section58Y - Punishment for acquiring property in relation to which proceedings have been taken under this Chapter
Chapter 7
Section59 - Officers to be public servants
Section60 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section60A - Reward to persons
Section60B - Reward by State Government
Section61 - Power to alter entries in Schedules
Section62 - Declaration of certain wild animals to be vermin
Section63 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section64 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section65 - Rights of Scheduled Tribes to be protected
Section66 - Repeal and savings
Schedule1 - SCHEDULE I
Schedule2 - SCHEDULE II
Schedule3 - SCHEDULE III
Schedule4 - SCHEDULE IV
Schedule5 - SCHEDULE V
Section6 - SCHEDULE VI
AnnexeI - ANNEXE
Amending Act1 - WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2006