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 58N: Constitution of Applellate Tribunal.
    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.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 16 of 2003, s. 34 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).
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