Title : 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 sectionTitle : Reward by State Government
State : Central
Year : 1972
1 [60B. Reward by State Government The State Government may empower the Chief Wild Life Warden to order payment of reward not exceeding ten thousand rupees to be paid to a person who renders assistance in the detection of the offence or the apprehension of the offender, from such fund and in such manner as may be prescribed.] ___________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 16 of 2003, section 36 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Declaration of Certain Wild Animals to Be Vermin
State : Central
Year : 1972
1[The Central Government] may, by notification, declare any wild animal other than those specified in Schedule I and Part II of Schedule II to be vermin for any area and for such period as may be specified therein and so long as such notification is in force, such wild animal shall be deemed to have been included in Schedule V. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 44 of 1991, section 45, for "subject to the provision of section 61, the State Government" (w.e.f. 2-10-1991). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Declaration of Sanctuary
State : Central
Year : 1972
1(1) The State Government may, by notification, declare its intention to constitute any area other than an area comprised within any reserve forest or the territorial waters as a sanctuary if it considers that such area is of adequate ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, natural or zoological significance, for the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wild life or its environment.] (2) The notification referred to in sub-section (1) shall specify, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of such area. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section it shall be sufficient to describe the area by roads, rivers, ridges or other well-known or readily intelligible boundaries. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 44 of 1991, section 15, for..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers of Collector
State : Central
Year : 1972
For the purpose of such inquiry, the Collector may exercise the following powers, namely: (a) the power to enter in or upon any land and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same or to authorise any other officer to do so; (b) the same powers as are vested in a civil court for the trial of suits. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Causing Fire Prohibited
State : Central
Year : 1972
No person shall set fire to a sanctuary, or kindle any fire, or leave any fire burning, in a sanctuary, in such manner as to endanger such sanctuary. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure to Be Regulated by the Authority
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) The Authority shall meet as and when necessary and shall meet at such time and place as the chairperson may think fit. (2) The Authority shall regulate its own procedure. (3) All orders and decisions of the Authority shall be authenticated by the Member-Secretary or any other officer of the Authority duly authorised by the Member-Secretary in this behalf. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Annual Report
State : Central
Year : 1972
The Authority shall prepare in such form and at such time, for each financial year, as may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial year and forward a copy thereof to the Central Government. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Annual Report and Audit Report to Be Laid Before Parliament
State : Central
Year : 1972
The Central Government shall cause the annual report together with a memorandum of action taken on the recommendations contained therein, in so far as they relate to the Central Government, and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations and the audit report to be laid as soon as may be after the reports are received before each House of Parliament. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Teasing, Etc., in a Zoo
State : Central
Year : 1972
No person shall tease, molest, injure or feed any animal or cause disturbance to the animals by noise or otherwise or litter the grounds in a zoo.] View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section