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Section 17B: Grants of permit for special purposes.

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972Central Act · Act 53 of 1972

[17B. Grants of permit for special purposes.-- The Chief Wild Life Warden may, with the previous permission of the State Government, grant to any person a permit to pick, uproot, acquire or collect from a forest land or the area specified under section 17A or transport, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, any specified plant for the purpose of--

(a) education;

(b) scientific research;

(c) collection, preservation and display in a herbarium of any scientific institution; or

(d) propagation by a person or an institution approved by the Central Government in this regard.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
Section17B
Marginal noteGrants of permit for special purposes.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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

  • inserted, Act 44 of 1991. . Ins. by Act 44 of 1991, s. 13 (w.e.f. 20-4-1995).

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