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 9: Prohibition of hunting.
    1[9. Prohibition of hunting.---No person shall hunt any wild animal specified in 2[Schedules I and II] except as provided under section 11 and section 12.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for section 9 (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 2022, s. 6, for "Schedules I, II, III and IV" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
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