Wild life, includes any animal, aquatic or land vegetation which forms part of any habitat. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(37)]...
Wild life warden, means the person appointed as such under clause (b) of sub-s. (1) of s. 4. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(38)]...
Hunting, trapping of birds which comes within the purview of the meaning of the term 'hunting' is thus prohibited in terms of s. 9 of the Act, Chief Forest Officer v. Nisar Khan, AIR 2003 SC 1867 (1869): (2003) 4 SCC 595. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, s. 2(16)]With its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes:(a) killing or poisoning of any wild animal or captive animal and every attempt to do so;(b) capturing, coursing, snaring, trapping, driving or baiting any wild or captive animal and every attempt to do so;(c) injuring or destroying or taking any part of the body of any such animal or, in the case of wild birds or reptiles, damaging the eggs of such birds or reptiles, or disturbing the eggs or nests of such birds or reptiles. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. (16)]...
Wild animal, means any animal specified in Schedules I to IV and found wild in nature. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(36)]Wild animals, or animals fer' natur', animals of an untamable disposition. See ANIMALS, and FER' NATUR'....
Any act or omission which constitutes any offence under this Act, the expression 'Any act or omission which constitutes any offence under this Act' in s. 56 of the Act, merely imports the idea that the same act or omission might constitute an offence under another law and could be tried under such other law or laws also, State of Bihar v. Murad Ali Khan, (1988) 4 SCC 655 (665): AIR 1989 SC 1. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, s. 56]...
Infant Life Protection Act, 1897 (English) (60 & 61 Vict. c. 37), now repealed and replaced by the Children Act, 1908. See CHILDREN....
Dealer, auction, a person who in the normal course of his business attends sales by auction for the purpose of purchasing goods with a view to reselling them, Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act, 1927, s. 1(2) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 944, p. 461.means a person carrying on the business of selling fertilisers, whether wholesale or retail (or industrial use), and includes a manufacturer and a pool-handling agency carrying on such business and the agents of such person, manufacturer or pool-handling agency, State of Punjab v. Gunomajra Cooperative Agriculture Service Society Ltd., (2000) 9 SCC 210.There is nothing either in the main definition in s. 2(5) or in the Explanation of the Orissa Taxation (on Goods Carried by Road and Inland Water ways) Act, 1959 to suggest that the manager or agent of the dealer (principal) should have his own business within the State of Orissa before he could be proceeded against or assessed under the Act. It would be sufficient if the manager...
Reserve forest, the forest declared to be reserved by the State Government under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 or declared as such under any other State Act. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(25B)]...
Weapon, All specified articles, including knives, are to be regarded as 'weapon' capable of being used as 'weapons of offence' fall within the class of object which may be prohibited, Emperor v. Abdul Latif, AIR 1947 Bom 438: (1947) 49 Bom LR 340.Includes ammunition, bows and arrows, explosives, firearms, hooks, knives, nets, poison, snares and traps and any instrument or apparatus capable of anaesthetizing, decoying, destroying, injuring or killing an animal. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(35)...
Recognised zoo, means a zoo recognised under section 38H. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(25A)]...