(1) It shall not be lawful to –
(a) kill, capture or possess whether dead or alive; or
(b) buy, sell or offer for sale, any wild bird or wild animal specified in the Schedules except in the manner and to the extent provide in sub0sections
(2), (3), (4) and (5).
(2) The wild birds or wild animals specified in Schedule I, may be killed, captured or possessed or bought, sold or offered for sale throughout the year.
(3) The wild birds specified in Schedule II, may be killed captured, or possessed or bought, sold or offered for sale during the period other than the close season under a license, and in the manner and to the extent permitted thereby:
Provided that no license shall be necessary-
(a) For shooting with fire-arms such wild birds; or Or
(b) for buying or possessing for purposes of consumption such wild birds as have been obtained from a licensee or have been shot.
(4) The wild birds or wild animals specified in Schedule III may be killed, captured or possessed or bought, sold or offered for sale during the period other than the close seasons under a license, and in the manner and to the extent permitted thereby:
Provided that no license shall be necessary for buying or possessing for purposes of consumption such wild birds and wild animals if obtained from a licensee.
(5) The wild birds or wild animals specified in schedule IV any be possessed throughout the year as pets or for use as decoys in the manner and to be extent specified in that Schedule.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the possession by any person of skins, antlers, horns or other trophies lawfully acquired
Explanation- For the purposes of this section, an attempt to kill or capture a wild bird or wild animal shall be deemed to be included in the act of killing or capturing such bird or animal.
5. Any person in possession of any wild bird or wild animal specified in Schedule II, III or IV, If required to keep a license shall, if required so to do by a person authorized in this behalf under the rules made under this Act, produce his license forthwith on such requisition.
6. The State Government may, by notification, which may apply either to the whole or to any part of its territories,-
(i) add to or exclude from any of the Schedules any wild bird or wild animal subject to such conditions as it may impose in each case;
(ii) alter the period during which any wild bird or wild animal specified in Schedule II or III may be killed or captured; or
(iii) alter the number of wild birds or wild animals specified in column 5 of Schedule IV which may be kept as pets or for use as decoys.
7. The State Government may exempt any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act or rules made there under if it is satisfied that such exemption is desirable in the interest of scientific research or wild life sport or for better protection or preservation of crops or other property.