Title : Officers to Be Public Servants
State : Central
Year : 1972
Every officer referred to1[1n Chapter II and the chairperson, members, member-secretary and other officers and employees referred to in Chapter IVA],2[Chapter IVB] and every other officer exercising any of the powers conferred by this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860). ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 44 of 1991, section 41, for "in Chapter II and" (w.e.f. 2-10-1991). 2. Inserted by the Wild Life (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f03.09.06. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Rights of Scheduled Tribes to Be Protected
State : Central
Year : 1972
Nothing in this Act shall affect the hunting rights conferred on the Scheduled Tribes of the Nicobar Islands in the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands by notification of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration, No.40/67/F, No.G 635, Vol. III, dated the 28th April, 1967, published at pages 1-5 of the extraordinary issue of the Andaman and Nicobar Gazette, dated the 28th April, 1967. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Picking, Uprooting, Etc. of Specified Plant
State : Central
Year : 1972
Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no person shall (a) wilfully pick, uproot, damage, destroy, acquire or collect any specified plant from any forest land and any area specified, by notification, by the Central Government; (b) posses, sell, offer for sale, or transfer by way of gift or otherwise, or transport any specified plant, whether alive or dead, or part or derivative thereof: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent a member of a scheduled tribe, subject to the provisions of Chapter IV, from picking, collecting or possessing in the district he resides any specified plant or part or derivative thereof for his bona fide personal use. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Bar of Accrual of Rights
State : Central
Year : 1972
After the issue of a notification under section 18, no right shall be acquired in, on or over the land comprised within the limits of the area specified in such notification, except by succession, testamentary or intestate. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Acquisition of Rights
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) In the case of a claim to a right in or over any land referred to in section 19, the Collector shall pass an order admitting or rejecting the same in whole or in part. (2) If such claim is admitted in whole or in part, the Collector may either- (a) exclude such land from the limits of the proposed sanctuary, or (b) proceed to acquire such land or rights, except where by an agreement between the owner of such land or holder of rights and the Government, the owner or holder of such rights has agreed to surrender 1 is rights to the Government, in or over such land, and on payment of such compensation, as is provided in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), 1[(c) allow, in consultation with the Chief Wild Life Warden, the continuation of any right of any person in or over..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Delegation of Collector's powers
State : Central
Year : 1972
The State Government may, by general or special order, direct that the powers exercisable or the functions to be performed by the Collector under sections 19 to 25 (both inclusive) may be exercised and performed by such other officer as may be specified in the order. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Central Government to Declare Areas as Sanctuaries or National Parks
State : Central
Year : 1972
Sanctuaries or National Parks declared by Central Government (1) Where the State Government leases or otherwise transfers any area under its control, not being an area within a sanctuary, to the Central Government, the Central Government may, if it is satisfied that the conditions specified in section 18 are fulfilled in relation to the area so transferred to it, declare such area, by notification, to be a sanctuary and the provisions of1[sections 18 to 35] (both inclusive), 54 and 55 shall apply in relation to such sanctuary as they apply in relation to a sanctuary declared by the State Government. (2) The Central Government may, if it is satisfied that the conditions specified in section 35 are fulfilled in relation to any area referred to in sub-section (1), whether or not such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Burden of Proof
State : Central
Year : 1972
In any proceedings under this Chapter, the burden of proving that any property specified in the notice served under section 58H is not illegally acquired property shall be on the person affected. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Information to Competent Authority
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the competent authority shall have power to require any officer or authority of the Central Government or a State Government or a local authority to furnish information in relation to such persons, on points or matters as in the opinion of the competent authority will be useful for, or relevant to, the purposes of this Chapter. (2) Every officer referred to in section 58T may furnish suo motu any information available with him to the competent authority if in the opinion of the officer such information will be useful to the competent authority for the purposes of this Chapter. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Certain Officers to Assist Administrator, Competent Authority and Appellate Tribunal
State : Central
Year : 1972
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Chapter, the following officers shall render such assistance as may be necessary to the Administrator appointed under section 58G, competent authority and the Appellate Tribunal, namely: (a) officers of Police; (b) officers of the State Forest Departments; (c) officers of the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau; (d) officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence; (e) such other officers as specified by the State Government in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section