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WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT
1972
• *The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament ofIndia
enacted on 9th September, 1972.
• *It provides for protection of wild animals, birds and plants; and
formatters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto.
• *It extends to whole of India, except Jammu and Kashmir.«It has six
schedules which give varying degrees of protection.
AUTHORITIES APPOINTED UNDER THE ACT
• * The Central Government may appoint :- i. A Director of Wild Life
preservation. ii. Assistant Directors of Wild Life preservation.iii. Other
officers and employees as may be necessary.
• *The State Government may appoint :-I. A Chief Wild Life Warden.II.
Wild Life Wardens.
• • One Honorary Wild Life Warden in each districtIll. Other officers and
employees as may be necessary.
WILD LIFE ADVISORY BOARD
• *The Act enforces and enables the State Governments and the
administrators of the union Territories to constitute a Wildlife
AdvisoryBoard in each state and union territory.The Board advises the
State Government in the following matters: a) Areas to be declared as
sanctuaries, national parks or closed areasand their administration.b)
Formulation of policy for protection and conservation of wildlife.c)
Amendment of any schedule.d) Harmonizing the need of tribals and
dwellers of forest.e) Any other matter referred by the State
Government.
HUNTING OF WILD ANIMALS
• Hunting of animals specified in Schedule I, II, Ill and IV is prohibited.
• Hunting of wild animals is permitted in certain cases: a) If the animal
has become dangerous to human life or disabledbeyond recovery. b)
Killing or wounding in good faith in defence of oneself or anyother
person.
• Any wild animal killed or wounded in defence of any person shall
beGovernment property.
HUNTING OF WILD ANIMALS
• Grant of permit for special purposes:a) Education.b) Scientific
research, Scientific management. c) Collection of specimen for zoos,
museums and similarinstitutions. d) Derivation, collection or
preparation of snake-venom formanufacture of life-saving drugs.
• Previous permission required of the Central Government for
wildanimals specified in schedule I before grant of permit.
• For any other wild animals, previous permission of StateGovernment
required before grant of permit.
PROTECTION OF SPECIFIED PLANTS
• No person shall: a) willfully pick, uproot, damage, destroy, acquire, or
collect any specified plant from any forest land and any specified area
by CentralGovernment. b) possess, sell, offer for sale, or transfer by
way to gift or otherwise, or transport any specified plant whether
alive or dead, or part orderivative thereof .
• Member of scheduled tribe residing in that district are not prevented
if itis for their personal use
SANCTUARIES, NATIONAL PARKS AND CLOSED
AREAS
• The State Government may, by notification, declare its intention to
constitute any area comprised within any reserveforest 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 itsenvironment.
NATIONAL PARKS
• Whenever it appears to the State Government that an area, whether
within asanctuary or not, is, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral,
geomorphological or zoological association orimportance, needed to
be constituted as National Park for the purpose of protecting,
propogating or developing wild life therein or itsenvironment, it may,
by notification, declare its intention to constitute such area as
aNational Park.
CLOSED AREAS
• The State Government may, by notification, declare any area closed
tohunting for such period as may be specified in the notification. No
hunting of any wild animal shall be permitted in a closed area
duringthe period specified in the notification.
TRADE OR COMMERCE IN WILD ANIMALS,
ANIMALARTICLE AND TROPHIES
• No person shall :
• a) Commence or carry on the business as: Manufacturer, dealer,
taxidermist of scheduled animal oranimal articles or trophies or
captive animals.
• b) Dealer in meat derived from any schedule animal in eating-house.
PENALTIES
• Imprisonments varying from six months upto seven years and/or fine
ranging from *500 upto not less than 710,000 depending on the
nature orseriousness of the offence committed regarding the
specified wildlife. *Forfeiture of Property Derived from Illegal Hunting
and Trade or a fineequal to the market value of such property in lieu
or forfeiture.
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