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Section 7

The West Bengal Wild Life Preservation Act, 1959State Act of West Bengal · Act 25 of 1959

(1) No person shall hunt any wild animal from or by _means of a wheeled or mechanically propelled vehicle on land or by aircraft.

(2) No person shall use a motor car, motor cycle, or aircraft for the purpose of killing, driving or stampeding any wild animal.

(3) No person shall hunt any wild animal with poison or poisoned weapons.

• (4) No person shall for the purpose of hunting wild animal set fire to any vegetation.

(5) No person shall use any artificial light for the purpose of hunting any wild animal (except in the case of carnivora).

(6) No person shall hunt any wild animal (except pigs, bears and carnivora) between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.

(7) No person shall hunt any wild animal on a salt-lick or water-hole or on paths and approaches to the same.

Restrictions on the methods of hunting.

4 The West Bengal Wild Life Preservation Act, 1959.

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Duration and canceller• tion of licences„ Licence.

holder to keep record.

( Chapter 111.—Hunting of Wild Animals.—Sections 8-10.)

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ActThe West Bengal Wild Life Preservation Act, 1959
Section7
JurisdictionState of West Bengal
StatusIn force as published by the source

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