Section 215: Prohibition of possession or sale of wild animals.

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 20 of 2000

No wild animals in respect of which any close time has been notified by the Government under [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972)] shall whether dead or alive be possessed or sold during such close time within any municipal area and no such animal shall at any other time be sold within any municipal area except under an annual licence to be granted by the municipality :

Provided that these prohibitions shall not extend to wild animals possessed or sold as pets.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000
Section	215
Marginal note	Prohibition of possession or sale of wild animals.
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, S.O. 3466 of 2020. Substituted for “section 15 of the Jammu and Kashmir Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1978” by S.O. 3466 of 2020.

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