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 38Y: Constitution of Wild Life Crime Control Bureau.
    1[38Y. Constitution of 2[Wild Life] Crime Control Bureau.--The Central Government may, for the purposes of this Act, by order published in the Official Gazette, constitute a 3*** Wildlife Crime Control Bureau consisting of--
         (a) the Director of Wildlife Preservation---Director ex officio;
         (b) the Inspector-General of Police---Additional Director;
         (c) the Deputy Inspector-General of Police---Joint Director;
         (d) the Deputy Inspector-General of Forests---Joint Director;
         (e) the Additional Commissioner (Customs and 4[Central Goods and Services Tax]---Joint Director; and
         (f) such other officers as may be appointed from amongst the officers covered under sections 3 and 4 of this Act.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 20, ibid., for "TIGER AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
2. Subs. by s. 21, ibid., for "Tiger and other Endangered Species" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
3. The words "Tiger and other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau to be known as the" omitted by s. 21, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4- 2023).
4. Subs. by s. 21, ibid., for "Central Excise" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
Scroll to Top