Section 58N
Constitution of Applellate Tribunal.
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
About this Act
An Act to provide for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto with a view to ensuring the ecological and environmental security of the country.
1[58N. Constitution of Appellate Tribunal.-- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, constitute an Appellate Tribunal to be called the Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited
Property consisting of a Chairman, and such number of other members (being officers of the State
Government not below the rank of a Principal Secretary to the Government), as the State Government
thinks fit, to be appointed by that Government for hearing appeals against the orders made under section
58F, section 58-I, sub-section (1) of section 58K or section 58L.
(2) The Chairman of the Appellate Tribunal shall be a person who is or has been or is qualified to be a Judge of a High Court.
(3) The terms and conditions of service of the Chairman and other members shall be such as may be prescribed.]
(2) The Chairman of the Appellate Tribunal shall be a person who is or has been or is qualified to be a Judge of a High Court.
(3) The terms and conditions of service of the Chairman and other members shall be such as may be prescribed.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 16 of 2003, s. 34 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).