Act Number: 53

Act Name: The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

Year: 1972

Enactment Date: 1972-09-09

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
     1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.]
     (3) It shall come into force in a State or Union territory to which it extends3*** on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act or for different States or Union territories.
    
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
3. The words ",or may become extended in future," omitted by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
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