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Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Complete Act

Title: Elephants Prevention Act,1879

State: Central

Year: 1879

Preamble1 - ELEPHANTS PRESERVATION Act, 1879 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Repeal Section3 - Killing and capture of wild elephants prohibited Section4 - Rights of Government with respect to certain elephants and tusks Section5 - License to kill and capture wild elephants Section6 - Power of State Government to declare what are main roads and canals, and to make rules as to licences Section7 - Penalty for contravening section 3 Section8 - License to be produced and shown on requisition of certain officers Section9 - Limitation of prosecution Section10 - Recovery of fees

Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Preamble 1

Title: Elephants Preservation Act, 1879

State: Central

Year: 1879

THE ELEPHANTS PRESERVATION ACT, 1879 [Act, No. 6 of 1879] [22nd March, 1879] PREAMBLE An Act for the preservation of wild elephants. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the preservation of wild elephants; It is hereby enacted as follows--

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 4

Title: Rights of Government with Respect to Certain Elephants and Tusks

State: Central

Year: 1879

Every wild elephant captured, and the tusks of every wild elephant killed, by any person not licensed under this Act, shall be the property of Government.]

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.

ELEPHANTS' PRESERVATION ACT, 1879 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....or upon, or in the immediate vicinity of, any main public road or any railway or canal; or (c) as permitted by a licence granted under this Act. SECTION 04: RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ELEPHANTS AND TUSKS Every wild elephant captured, and the tusks of every wild elephant killed, by any person not licensed under this Act, shall be the property of Government.] SECTION 05: LICENSE TO KILL AND CAPTURE WILD ELEPHANTS - 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 licences to kill, or to capture, or to kill and capture, wild elephants in such district: Provided that no such licence shall authorize any person to enter upon any land without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof. SECTION 06: POWER OF STATE GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE WHAT ARE MAIN ROADS AND CANALS, AND TO MAKE RULES AS TO LICENCES The State Government may from time to time 8[* * *] declare what shall be deemed to be main public roads and canals within the meaning of this Act, and make rules consistent with this Act for regulating - (a) the grant and renewal of licences under this Act; (b) the fees.....

The Elephants Preservation Act, 1879 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1879

THE ELEPHANTS PRESERVATION ACT, 1879 THE ELEPHANTS PRESERVATION ACT, 1879 (Act 6 of 1879) (22 March, 1879) AN ACT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ELEPHANTS Preamble " WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the preservation of wild elephants, it is hereby enacted as follows- 1. Short Title- This Act may be called The 1[Elephants Preservation Act, 1879.] 2[***] 2. Repeal " (Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 8 of 1930-Section 3 and Schedule II) 3. Killing and capture of wild Elephants prohibited- 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 licence granted under this Act. 4. Rights of Government with respect to certain Elephants and Tusks-Every wild elephant captured, and the tusks of every wild elephant killed by any person not licensed under this Act, shall be the property of Government. 5. Licenses to kill and capture of wild Elephants- The Collector or Deputy Commissioner of any.....

Elephants Preservation (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1932 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1932

.....hereinafter referred to as the said Act, shall, in its application to 11. Words subs. by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab Acts) Order, 1948. [West Bengal] be amended in the manner hereinafter provided. Section 3 Amendment of section 3 of Act 6 of 1879 To section 3 of the said Act, the following clause shall be added, namely; "(d) such elephant is proclaimed under section 5A.". Section 4 New section 5A After section 5 of the said Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely : "5A. Proclaimed wild elephants may be killed. The Collector or Deputy Commissioner of any district, if satisfied that any wild elephant has become dangerous to human life and property may, subject to such rules as may for the time being be in force under this Act, issue a proclamation giving a description of the elephant and offering the reward fixed by the 22. Words subs. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order. 1950, respectively. [State Government) from time to time for the killing of proclaimed wild elephants to any person who shall kill the elephant described in the proclamation.". Section 5 Amendment of.....

Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 7

Title: Penalty for Contravening Section 3

State: Central

Year: 1879

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.

Elephants Prevention Act,1879 Section 1

Title: Short Title

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....Burma" repealed by the A.O.1937.] and Coorg; and the 1 [State Government] may [The words "with the previous sanction of the G.G.in C." repealed by Act 38 of 1920, section 2 and Schedule 1.] extend it to any other local area [The Act has been extended to the following places, namely:-- Kila Sukindah, in Cuttack , see Calcutta Gazette, 1882 , Part I, p.278. the District of Midnapur, Ben.R.and O.; the District of Kamrup, Darran, Naugong, Sibsagar, Lakshimpur, Cachar, the Naga Hills and the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, see Assam Gazette, 1880, p.340. the Garo Hills (with the exception of certain portions of the estates of the zamindar of Bijni), see Assam Gazatte, 1899, Part II, p.431. the Eastern Duars in the District of Goalpara, see Assam Gazette, 1883, Part I, p.2 ; the Makokehand Sub-division of the Naga Hills District, see Notification No.168-J., printed, Assam Gazette, 1891, Part II, p.36; the Lushai Hills, see Gazette of India 1898, Part II, p. 345, Notification No.923-P., dated April 4, 1898.] 2 [which, immediately before the 1stNovember, 1956, was not comprised in a Part B State] by notification in the Official Gazette. (Local extent.) So far as regards the.....