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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....horses, mules, yaks, pigs, ducks, geese, poultry and their young but does not include any animal specified in Schedules I to V;] 16[(19) "manufacturer" means a person who manufactures articles from any animal or plant specified in Schedules I to V and VI, as the case may be; (20) "meat" includes blood, bones, sinew, eggs, shell or carapace, fat and flesh with or without skin, whether raw or cooked, of any wild animal or captive animal, other than a vermin; (20A) "National Board" means the National Board for Wild Life constituted under section 5A;] (21) "National Park" means an area declared, whether under section 35 or section 38, or deemed, under sub-section (3) of section 66, to be declared, as a National Park; (22) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (23) "permit" means a permit granted under this Act or any rule made thereunder; (24) "person" includes a firm; 17[(24A) "protected area means a National Park, a sanctuary, a conservation reserve or a community reserve notified under sections 18, 35, 36A and 36C of the Act;] (25) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 18[(25A) "recognised zoo" means a.....

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....horses, mules, yaks, pigs, ducks, geese, poultry and their young but does not include any animal specified in Schedules I to V;] 16[(19) "manufacturer" means a person who manufactures articles from any animal or plant specified in Schedules I to V and VI, as the case may be; (20) "meat" includes blood, bones, sinew, eggs, shell or carapace, fat and flesh with or without skin, whether raw or cooked, of any wild animal or captive animal, other than a vermin; (20A) "National Board" means the National Board for Wild Life constituted under section 5A;] (21) "National Park" means an area declared, whether under section 35 or section 38, or deemed, under sub-section (3) of section 66, to be declared, as a National Park; (22) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (23) "permit" means a permit granted under this Act or any rule made thereunder; (24) "person" includes a firm; 17[(24A) "protected area means a National Park, a sanctuary, a conservation reserve or a community reserve notified under sections 18, 35, 36A and 36C of the Act;] (25) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 18[(25A) "recognised zoo" means a.....

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Chapter V

Title: Trade or Commerce in Wild Animals, Animal Articles and Trophies

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Every- (a) wild animal, other than vermin, which is hunted under section 11 or sub-section (1) of section 29 or sub-section (6) of section 35 or kept or1[bred in captivity or hunted] in contravention of any provision of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder or found dead, or killed by2[***] mistake; and (b) animal article, trophy or uncured trophy or meat derived from any wild animal referred to in clause (a) in respect of which any offence against this Act or any rule or order made thereunder has been committed; 3[(c) ivory imported into India and an article made from such ivory in respect of which any offence against this Act or any rule or order made thereunder has been committed; (d) vehicle, vessel, weapon, trap or tool that has been used for committing an offence and has been seized under the provisions of this Act,] shall be the property of the State Government, and, where such animal is hunted in a sanctuary or National Park declared by the Central Government, such animal or any animal article, trophy, uncured trophy or meat4[derived from such animal, or any vehicle, vessel, weapon, trap or tool used in such hunting] shall be the property of the.....

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Section 40

Title: Declarations

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer and the provisions of sections 41 and 42 shall apply as if the declaration had been made under sub-section (1) of section 40: Provided that nothing in sub-sections (2A) and (2B) shall apply to the live elephant.] 3[(3) Nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall apply to a recognised zoo subject to the provisions of section 381 or to a public museum.] (4) The State Government may, by notification, require any person to declare to the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer4[any animal or animal article] or trophy (other than a musk of a musk deer or horn of a rhinoceros) or salted or dried skins derived from an animal specified in Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II in his control, custody or possession in such form, in such manner, and within such time, as may be prescribed. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 16 of 2003, section 25, for "or any uncured trophy" (w.e.f. 1-4-2003). 2. Inserted by Act 16 of 2003, section 25 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003). 3. Substituted by Act 44 of 1991, section 28, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 2-10-1991). 4. Substituted by Act 16 of 2003, section 25, for "any.....

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Schedule 1

Title: Schedule I

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....in theGazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(i), dated 24th November, 1986. 4.Vide Notification No. FJ 11012/31/76 FRY(WL), dated 29th August, 1977, publishedin the Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(i), p. 333, dated 3rdSeptember, 1977. 5.Vide Notification NO. S.O. 1085(E), dated 30th September, 2002, published in theGazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(ii), dated 11th October, 2002. 6.Vide Notification No. S.O. 474 (E), dared 28th May, 2001, published in theGazette of India, Extra, Pt. II, Section3 (ii), dated 29th May, 2001. 7.Inserted Vide Notification No. S.O. 665 (E), dated 11th July, 2001. 8.Substituted by S.O. 1197(E), dated 5th December, 2001 (w.e.f. 6-12-2001) andcorrected by S.O. 233(E), dated 19th February, 2002. 9.Inserted Vide Notification F.1-4/95 WL-I, dated 11th July, 2001. 10.Substituted by S.O. 1197(E), dated 5th December, 2001 (w.e.f. 6-12-2001) andcorrected by S.O. 233(E), dated 19th February, 2002.

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