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Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 3

Title: Killing and Capture of Wild Elephants Prohibited

State: Central

Year: 1879

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.]

Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 5

Title: License to Kill and Capture Wild Elephants

State: Central

Year: 1879

The collector or Deputy Commissioner of any district may, subject to such rules as may for the time being be in force under this Act, grant licenses to kill, or to capture, or to kill and capture, wild elephants in such district: Provided that no such license shall authorize any person to enter upon any land without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof.

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 Section 28

Title: Saving as Respects Manner of Killing Prescribed by Religion

State: Central

Year: 1960

Nothing contained in this Act shall render it an offence to kill any animal in a manner required by the religion of any community.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 428

Title: Mischief by Killing or Maiming Animal of the Value of Ten Rupees

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal or animals of the value of ten rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 429

Title: Mischief by Killing or Maiming Cattle, Etc., of Any Value or Any Animal of the Value of Fifty Rupees

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless, any elephant, camel, horse, mule, buffalo, bull, cow or ox, whatever may be the value thereof, or any other animal of the value of fifty rupees or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....Court of Justice (including a liquidator, receiver or Commissioner) whose duty is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial process, or to a administrator any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person specially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties; Fifth--Every juryman, assessor, or member of a Panchayat assisting a Court of Justice or public servant; Sixth--Every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court of Justice, or by any other competent public authority; Seventh--Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; Eighth--Every officer of the Government, whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to being offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience; Ninth--Every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep or expend any property on behalf of.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 16

Title: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....defence. Explanation.--Whether the provocation was grave and sudden enough to prevent the offence from amounting to murder is a question of fact. Illustrations (a) A, under the influence of passion excited by a provocation given by Z, intentionally kills. Y, Z"s child. This is murder, in as much as the provocation was not given by the child, and the death of the child was not caused by accident or misfortune in doing an act caused by the provocation. (b) Y gives grave and sudden provocation to, A, A, on this provocation, fires a pistol at Y, neither intending nor knowing himself to be likely to kill Z, who is near him, but out of sight. A kills Z. Here A has not committed murder, but merely culpable homicide. (c) A is lawfully arrested by Z, a bailiff. A is excited to sudden and violent passion by the arrest, and kills Z. This is murder, in as much as the provocation was given by a thing done by a public servant in the exercise of his powers. (d) A appears as witness before Z, a Magistrate, Z says that he does not believe a word of A's deposition, and that A has perjured himself. A is moved to sudden passion by these words, and kills Z. This is murder. (e) A.....

The Bombay Wild Animals and Wild Birds Protection Act, 1951 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1951

.....and includes the head or horn, tooth, tusk, bone, claw, hoof, skin, hair, feather, eggs or nest of any bird, but does not include any article manufactured from any such part of the animal or bird as aforesaid; (n) "Vermin" means any animal or bird specified in Schedule I and includes any animal or bird declared to be a vermin under Section 18. SECTION 03: DOMESTICATED AND OTHER ANIMALS AND BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY EXEMPTED Nothing in this Act shall apply to domesticated or other animals or birds which are lawfully captured and kept in captivity. CHAPTER II-AUTHORITIES TO BE APPOINTED OR CONSTITUTED UNDER THE ACT SECTION 04: APPOINTMENT OF WILD LIFE PRESERVATION OFFICER, GAME WARDENS AND OTHER GAME OFFICERS (1) The State Government may for the purposes of this Act appoint,- 1[(a) the Chief Conservator of Forests, Maharashtra State, as the Wild Life Preservation Officer for the State of Maharashtra;] (b) the Game Wardens, either honorary or stipendiary; (c) such other officers and servants as may be necessary. (2) The honorary Game Warden shall ordinarily hold office for a period of three years: Provided that the State Government may terminate his tenure of office at any time without.....

Wildlife Protection Act Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1887

....."lives stock" includes buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, camels, cows, donkeys goats, horses, mules, pigs, sheeps, yaks and also their young;] (19) "Manufacturer" means a manufacturer of animal articles; (20) "Meat" includes blood, bones, sinew, eggs, fat and flesh, whether raw or cooked, of any wild animal, other than vermin; (21) "National Park" means an area declared, whether under setion 35 of section 38, or deemed, under sub-section (3) of section 66, to be declared, as a National Park; (22) "Notification" means a noification published in the Official Gazette; (23) "Permit" means a permit granted under this Act or any rule made thereunder; (24) "Person" includes a firm; (25) "Prescribed" means by rules made under this Act; 1[(25A) "recognised zoo" means a zoo recognised under section 38H; (25B) "reserve forest" means the forest declared to reserved by the State Government under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act,1927 (16 of 1927);] (26) "sanctuary" means an area declared, whether under section 2[26A] or section 66, to be declared as wild life sanctuary; 2[(27) "specified plant" means any plant specified in Schedule VI;] (28) "special game" means any animal specified in Schedule.....

The Himachal Pradesh Fisheries Act, 1976 Complete Act

State: Himachal

Year: 1976

.....of fishermen and promotion of fishing industry; (j) regulate the marketing of fish and also purchase and use of fish for preservation or for the manufacture of any fish products; (k) regulate the possession of fishing craft and gear within such specified limits as may appear to be necessary; and (l) regulate the transport of all fish or of certain species of fish or fish products within specified limits as may appear to be necessary. Such rules may, among other matters,- (a) prescribe the routes by which alone fish or fish products may be imported into and exported from the State of Himachal Pradesh, (b) prohibit the import, export or transport within specified limits of fish without a pass from a fisheries officer or a person duly authorised to issue the same or otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of each pass, (c) prescribe the form of such passes and provide for their issue, production and return, and (d) provide for the examination of fish in transit within specified limits. (4) In making any rule under this section the State Government may provide for- (a) seizure, removal and forfeiture of any apparatus erected or used for fishing in contravention of the rules,.....