Title : Annual Report of Tiger Conservation Authority
State : Central
Year : 1972
1[Section 38S - Annual report of Tiger Conservation Authority The Tiger Conservation 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.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by the Wild Life (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 2006, dated 03.09.06. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Annual Report and Audit Report to Be Laid Before Parliament
State : Central
Year : 1972
1[Section 38T - Annual report and audit report to be laid before Parliament The Central Government shall cause the annual report together with a memorandum of action taken on the recommendations contained therein, insofar 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.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by the Wild Life (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 2006, dated 03.09.06. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Establishment of Tiger Conservation Foundation
State : Central
Year : 1972
1 [Section 38X - Establishment of Tiger Conservation Foundation (1) The State Government shall establish a Tiger Conservation Foundation for tiger reserves within the State in order to facilitate and support their management for conservation of tiger and biodiversity and, to take initiatives in eco-development by involvement of people in such development process. (2) The Tiger Conservation Foundation shall, inter alia, have the following objectives:-- (a) to facilitate ecological, economic, social and cultural development in the tiger reserves; (b) to promote eco-tourism with the involvement of local stake-holder communities and provide support to safeguard the natural environment in the tiger reserves; (c) to facilitate the creation of, and or maintenance of, such assets as..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inquiry and Preparation of Inventories
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) On receipt of a declaration made under section 40, the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer may after such notice, in such manner and at such time, as may be prescribed, (a) enter upon the premises of a person referred to in section 40; (b) make inquiries and prepare inventories of animal articles, trophies, uncured trophies, salted and dried skins and captive animals specified in Schedule I and Part II of Schedule II and found thereon; and (c) affix upon the animals, animal articles, trophies or uncured trophies identification marks in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) No person shall obliterate or counterfeit any identification mark referred to in this Chapter. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Declaration by Dealers
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) Every person carrying on the business or occupation referred to in sub-section (1) of section 49B shall, within thirty days from the specified date, declare to the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer,- (a) his stocks, if any, as at the end of the specified date of- (i) scheduled animal articles; (ii) scheduled animals and parts thereof; (iii) trophies and uncured trophies derived from scheduled animals; (iv) captive animals, being scheduled animals; 1[(v) ivory imported into India or articles made therefrom;] (b) the place or places at which the stocks mentioned in the declaration are kept; and (c) the description of such items, if any, of the stocks mentioned in the declaration which he desires to retain with himself for his bona fide personal use. ..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1972
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 1[(1) "animal" includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, other chordates and invertebrates and also includes their young and eggs;] (2) "animal article" means an article made from any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, and includes an article or object in which the whole or any part of such animal2[has been used, and ivory imported into India and an article made therefrom]; 3[***] 4[(4) "Board" means a State Board for Wild Life constituted under subsection (1) of section 6;] (5) "captive animal" means any animal, specified in Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III or Schedule IV, which is captured or kept or bred in captivity; 5[***] (7) "Chief Wild Life Warden" means the person appointed as..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Delegate
State : Central
Year : 1972
(1) The Director may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, by order in writing, delegate all or any of his powers and duties under this Act to any officer subordinate to him subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order. (2) The Chief Wild Life Warden may, with the previous approval of the State Government by order in writing, delegate all or any of his powers and duties under this Act, except those under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 11, to any officer subordinate to him subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order. (3) Subject to any general or special direction given or condition imposed by the Director or the Chief Wild Life Warden, any person, authorized by the Director or the Chief Wild Life Warden to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Destruction, Etc., in a Sanctuary Prohibited Without Permit
State : Central
Year : 1972
1[29. Destruction, etc., in a sanctuary prohibited without a permit No person shall destroy, exploit or remove any wild life including forest produce from a sanctuary or destroy or damage or divert the habitat of any wild animal by any act whatsoever or divert, stop or enhance the flow of water into or outside the sanctuary, except under and in accordance with a permit granted by the Chief Wild Life Warden, and no such permit shall be granted unless the State Government being satisfied in consultation with the Board that such removal of wild life from the sanctuary or the change in the flow of water into or outside the sanctuary is necessary for the improvement and better management of wild life therein, authorises the issue of such permit: Provided that where the forest produce is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Functions of the Authority
State : Central
Year : 1972
The Authority shall perform the following functions, namely: (a) specify the minimum standards for housing, upkeep and veterinary care of the animals kept in a zoo; (b) evaluate and assess the functioning of zoos with respect to the standards or the norms as may be prescribed; (c) recognise or derecognise zoos; (d) identify endangered species of wild animals for purposes of captive breeding and assigning responsibility in this regard to a zoo; (e) co-ordinate the acquisition, exchange and loaning of animals for breeding purposes; (f) ensure maintenance of stud-books of endangered species of wild animals bred in captivity; (g) identify priorities and themes with regard to display of captive animals in a zoo; (h) co-ordinate training of zoo personnel in India and outside..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : 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 section