Section 3: Right&o£ ~ov.ernn\.ent with ,resgect to ce.rt,ain Rhinp~e.ros.a,qd their horns .. ;..,
The Assam Rhinoceros Preservation' Act, 1954State Act of Assam · Act 20 of 1954
Evcr~t Rhin0ceml>s ta:)!>.tured. aind· the 4orn .. or, ca.rc~s~ .or, a,ny, part of . every Rhinoaero~ kilied in,, contravention . of this, Act or any conditiqn of a licens:e-r or or.der· issued under this. Act shall · be the property of ~he Stat~ . Goverqment,. . . · · 4~, ~~w.er .t.q grant license, to kill, injure, an~ capture Rhinocero.s._:(l.)
The State Gov_efnment ma¥, subject ~o such. n.i.le,s as . may. be framed '. in thi.S, behalf, grant licenses or issue orders to kill, or capture Rhinoceros in such ·p!lrt · or parts of the State as may be specified i_n the license or order. · '· ·
(2) No such license or order shaU be issued· unless the State· Government · satisfied that-
(a) any Rhinoceros has become a cause of immine:nt danger to human tife, or
(b) sµch Rhinoceros is required for any Zoological, Scientific, or other special purpose as may be decided by Government. ~