Title : Declarations
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) Every person having at the commencement of this Act the control, custody or possession of any captive animal specified in Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II,1[or animal article, trophy or uncured trophy] derived from such animal or salted or dried skins of such animal or the musk of a musk deer or the horn of a rhinoceros, shall, within thirty days from the commencement of this Act, declare to the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer the number and description of the animal, or article of the foregoing description under his control, custody or possession and the place where such animal or article is kept. (2) No person shall, after the commencement of this Act, acquire, receive, keep in his control, custody or possession, sell, offer for sale or otherwise transfer or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Cognizance of Offences
State : Central
Year : 1972
1 [55. Cognizance of offences No court shall take cognizance of any offence against this Act except on the complaint of any person other than- (a) the Director of Wild Life Preservation or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the Central Government; or 2 [(aa) the Member-Secretary, Central Zoo Authority in matters relating to violation of the provisions of Chapter IVA; or] 3 [(ab) Member-Secretary, Tiger Conservation Authority; or (ac) Director of the concerned tiger reserve; or] (b) the Chief Wild Life Warden, or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government 2 [subject to such conditions as may be specified by that Government] ; or 2 [(bb) the officer-in-charge of the zoo in respect of violation of provisions of section 38J; or] (c) any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Grant of Permit for Special Purposes
State : Central
Year : 1972
Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, it shall be lawful for the Chief Wild Life Warden, to grant1[***] a permit, by an order in writing stating the reasons therefor, to any person, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, which shall entitle the holder of such permit to hunt subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, any wild animal specified in such permit, for the purpose of,- (a) education; 2[(b) scientific research; (bb) scientific management. Explanation.-For the purposes of clause (bb), the expression, "Scientific Management" means- (i) translocation of any wild animal to an alternative suitable habitat; or (ii) population management of wildlife without killing or poisoning or destroying any wild animals;] 3[(c) collection..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Immunisation of Live-stock
State : Central
Year : 1972
1 [33A. Immunisation of live-stock (1) The Chief Wild Life Warden shall take such measures in such manner, as may be prescribed, for immunisation against communicable diseases of the live-stock kept in or within five kilometres of a sanctuary. (2) No person shall take, or cause, to be taken or grazed, any live-stock in a sanctuary without getting it immunised.] ___________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 44 of 1991, section 22 [w.e.f. 19-12-2000 vide S.O. 67 (E), dated 19th December, 2000]. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Officers and Employees of Tiger Conservation Authority
State : Central
Year : 1972
1[Section 38N - Officers and employees of Tiger Conservation Authority (1) The Tiger Conservation Authority may, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, appoint such other officers and employees as it considers necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions under this Act: Provided that the officers and employees holding office under the Directorate of Project Tiger and dealing with Project Tiger immediately before the date of constitution of the Tiger Conservation Authority shall continue to hold office in the said Authority by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions of service or until the expiry of the period of six months from that date if such employee opts not to be' the employee of that Authority. (2) The terms and conditions of service..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Tiger Conservation Plan
State : Central
Year : 1972
1 [Section 38V - Tiger Conservation Plan (1) The State Government shall, on the recommendation of the Tiger Conservation Authority, notify an area as a tiger reserve. (2) The provisions of sub-section (2) of section 18, sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 27, sections 30,32 and clauses (b) and (c) of section 33 of this Act shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to a tiger reserve as they apply in relation to a sanctuary. (3) The State Government shall prepare a Tiger Conservation Plan including staff development and deployment plan for the proper management of each area referred to in sub-section (1), so as to ensure-- (a) protection of tiger reserve and providing site specific habitat inputs for a viable population of tigers, co-predators and prey animals without..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1972
In this Chapter,- (a) "scheduled animal" means an animal specified for the time being in Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II; (b) "scheduled animal article" means an article made from any scheduled animal and includes an article or object in which the whole or any part of such animal1[has been used but does not include tail feather of peacock, an article or trophy made therefrom and snake venom or its derivative]; (c) "specified date" means- (i) in relation to a scheduled animal on the commencement of the Wild Life (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 1986, the date of expiry of two months from such commencement;2[***] (ii) in relation to any animal added or transferred to Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II at any time after such commencement, the date of expiry of two months from..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Entry, Search, Arrest and Detention
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Director or any other officer authorised by him in this behalf or the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer or any forest officer or any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector, may, if he has reasonable grounds for believing that any person has committed an offence against this Act,- (a) require any such person to produce for inspection any captive animal, wild animal, animal article, meat,1[trophy, uncured trophy, specified plant or part or derivative thereof] in his control, custody or possession, or any licence, permit or other document granted to him or required to be kept by him under the provisions of this Act; (b) stop any vehicle or vessel in order to conduct..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Compound Offence
State : Central
Year : 1972
1 [54. Power to compound offence (1) The Central Government may, by notification, empower the Director of Wild Life Preservation or any other officer not below the rank of Assistant Director of Wild Life Preservation and in the case of a State Government in the similar manner, empower the Chief Wild Life Warden or any officer of a rank not below the rank of a Deputy Conservator of Forests, to accept from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed an offence against this Act, payment of a sum of money by way of composition of the offence which such person is suspected to have committed. (2) On payment of such sum of money to such officer, the suspected person, if in custody, shall be discharged and no further proceedings in respect of the offence..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Holding Illegally Acquired Property
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) From the date of commencement of this Chapter, it shall not be lawful for any person to whom this Chapter applies to hold any illegally acquired property either by himself or through any other person on his behalf. (2) Where any person holds such property in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), such property shall be liable to be forfeited to the State Government concerned in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter: Provided that no property shall be forfeited under this Chapter if such property was acquired by a person to whom this Act applies before a period of six years from the date on which he was charged for an offence relating to illegal hunting and trade of wild life and its products. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section