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Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Preamble 1

Title: The Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912

State: Central

Year: 1912

THE WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT, 1912 [Act, No. 8 Of 1912] [18th September, 1912.] PREAMBLE An Act to make better provision for the protection and preservation of certain wild birds and animals. WHEREAS it is expedient to make better provision for the protection and preservation of certain wild birds and animals, It is hereby enacted as follows:--

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Complete Act

Title: Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912

State: Central

Year: 1912

Preamble1 - THE WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT, 1912 Section1 - Short title and extent Section2 - Application of Act Section3 - Close time Section4 - Penalties Section5 - Confiscation Section6 - Cognizance of offences Section7 - Power to grant exemption Section8 - Savings Section9 - [Repealed] Schedule1 - SCHEDULE I

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

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1951

THE BOMBAY WILD ANIMALS AND WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT, 1951 THE BOMBAY WILD ANIMALS AND WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACT, 1951 BOMBAY ACT No. XXIV OF 1951 [ July 1951] Adapted and modified by the Bombay Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1956. Adapted and modified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. Amended by Mah.11 of 1961. Amended by Mah. 2 of 1964. Amended by Mah. 3 of 1970. An Act to make adequate provision for the protection of wild animals and birds in the State of Bombay. WHEREAS it is expedient to make better and adequate provision for the preservation and protection of wild animals and wild birds in the State of Bombay and for certain other matters hereinafter appearing. It is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER I-PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Wild Animals and Wild Birds Protection Act, 1951 2[(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.] (3) It shall come into force 3[in the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay] on such 4[ as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 5[appoint and in the.....

The Wild Birds & Animals Protection Act, 1912 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1912

THE WILD BIRDS & ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT, 1912 THE WILD BIRDS & ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT, 1912 Act 8 of 1912 (18th September, 1912) An Act to make better provisions for the protection and preservation of certain Wild Birds and Animals Whereas it is expedient to make better provisions for the protection and preservation of certain wild birds and animals; it is hereby enacted as follows: 1. Short title and extent - (1) This Act may be called the Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912; and [2] It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, was comprised in Part B States.] 2. Application of Act -(1) This Act applies in the first instance, to the birds and animals specified in the Schedule, when in their wild state. (2) The [State Government] may, by notification in the [Official Gazette] apply the provisions of this Act to any kind of wild bird or animal, other than those specified in the Schedule, which, in its opinion it is desirable to protect or preserve. 3. Close Time -The [State Government] may by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the whole year or any part their of to.....

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1912

.....COGNIZANCE OF OFFENCES No Court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the second class shall try any offence against this Act. SECTION 07: POWER TO GRANT EXEMPTION Where the State Government is of opinion that, in the interests of scientific research, such a course is desirable, it may grant to any person a license, subject to such restrictions and conditions as it may impose, entitling the holder thereof to do any act which is by section 3declared to be unlawful. SECTION 08: SAVINGS Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to apply to the capture or killing of a wild animal by any person in defence of himself or any other person, or to the capture or killing of any wild bird or animal in bona fide defence of property. SECTION 09: [REPEAL.] Rep. by the Second Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (17 of 1914), s. 3 and Sch. II. SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE (i) Bustards, ducks, floricans, jungle fowl, partridges, peafowl, pheasants, pigeons, quail, sand-grouse, painted snipe, spurfowl, woodcock, herons, egrets, rollers, and king-fishers. (ii)Antelopes, asses, bison, buffaloes, deer gazelles, goats, hares, oxen, rhinoceroses' and sheep. Central Bare.....

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Section 3

Title: Close Time

State: Central

Year: 1912

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the whole year or any part thereof to be a close time throughout the whole or any part of its territories for any kind of wild bird or animal to which this Act applies, or for female or immature wild birds or animals of such kind; and, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, during such close time, and within the areas specified in such notification, it shall be unlawful-- (a) to capture any such bird or animal, or to kill any such bird or animal which has not been captured before the commencement of such close time; (b) to sell or buy, or offer to sell or buy, or to possess, any such bird or animal which has not been captured or killed before the commencement of such close time, or the flesh thereof; (c) if any plumage has been taken from any such bird captured or killed during such close time, to sell of buy, or to offer to sell or buy, or to possess, such plumage.

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Section 2

Title: Application of Act

State: Central

Year: 1912

(1) This Act applies, is the first instance, to the birds and animals specified in the Schedule, when in their wild state. (2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply the provisions of this Act to any kind of wild bird or animal, other than those specified in the Schedule, which, in its opinion, it is desirable to protect or preserve.

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Section 8

Title: Savings

State: Central

Year: 1912

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to apply to the capture or killing of a wild animal by any person in defence of himself or any other person, or to the capture or killing of any wild bird or animal in bona fide defence of property.

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912 Section 1

Title: Short Title and Extent

State: Central

Year: 1912

(1) This Act may be called the Wild Birds and AnimalsProtection Act, 1912; and 1 [(2) It extends to the whole ofIndia except 2 [theterritories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised inPart B States].] ______________________ 1.Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for the former sub-section. 2.Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order,1956, for "Part B States".

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.....