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    The Wild Protection Act was passed in 1972 to provide protection for wild animals, birds, and plants. The Act empowers the central government to declare certain areas as sanctuaries or national parks to protect wildlife. It prohibits hunting of wild animals and birds and imposes punishments for violations. The state government can declare areas within reserved forests or territorial waters as sanctuaries for conservation. It can also establish national parks for ecological protection and wildlife propagation. Offenses related to illegal trade and commerce of wildlife can result in imprisonment up to three years and/or fines up to Rs. 25,000.

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    The Wild Protection Act was passed in 1972 to provide protection for wild animals, birds, and plants. The Act empowers the central government to declare certain areas as sanctuaries or national parks to protect wildlife. It prohibits hunting of wild animals and birds and imposes punishments for violations. The state government can declare areas within reserved forests or territorial waters as sanctuaries for conservation. It can also establish national parks for ecological protection and wildlife propagation. Offenses related to illegal trade and commerce of wildlife can result in imprisonment up to three years and/or fines up to Rs. 25,000.

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    The Wildlife Protection Act

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    The Wild Protection Act was passed in 1972 to provide protection for wild animals, birds, and plants. The Act empowers the central government to declare certain areas as sanctuaries or national parks to protect wildlife. It prohibits hunting of wild animals and birds and imposes punishments for violations. The state government can declare areas within reserved forests or territorial waters as sanctuaries for conservation. It can also establish national parks for ecological protection and wildlife propagation. Offenses related to illegal trade and commerce of wildlife can result in imprisonment up to three years and/or fines up to Rs. 25,000.

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    THE WILD PROTECTION ACT

    This is an act to provide protection for wild


    animals, birds and plants.
    This act was passed in the year 1972.
    Objective
    The main object of the Act is to proved protection to
    the wild animals birds and plants. The Act empowers
    the Central Govt. to declare certain areas as
    Sanctuaries or National Parks. The Act prohibits
    hunting of wild animals; birds etc, and impose
    punishment for violating the same.
    Sanctuaries

    The State govt. by notification, may declare any


    area within the reserved forest or territorial waters
    as a sanctuary if it considers fit the area for
    protection and conservation of wild life
    National Parks

    The State govt. by notification,


    may declare an area whether
    within a sanctuary or not, is by
    reason of its ecological or other
    technical grounds needed to be
    constituted as a national, park for
    the purpose of protection
    propagating or developing wild
    life.
    Offences not pertaining to hunting
    of endangered species

    Offences related to trade and


    commerce in trophies, animals
    articles etc, derived from certain
    animals (except chapter V A and
    section 38)) attracts a term of
    imprisonment upto three years and/
    or a fine upto Rs. 25,000/-
    Hunting of wild animals
    The Act prohibits hunting of wild
    animals. No person shall hunt any
    wild animals as specified in the
    Schedules, However, there are
    certain exceptions., The State Govt.
    may order to kill or wound in good
    faith any wild animal for self-
    defense or to protect or save
    another. Any animal so killed or
    WOunded is not and offence and
    shall be govt. property, The Govt.
    may permit killing of certain wild
    animals for academic purpose.
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