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Section 36D: Community reserve management committee.

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

[36D. Community reserve management committee.-- (1) The State Government shall constitute a Community Reserve management committee, which shall be the authority responsible for conserving, maintaining and managing the community reserve.

(2) The committee shall consist of [not less than five representatives] nominated by the Village Panchayat or where such Panchayat does not exist by the members of the Gram Sabha and one representative of the State Forests or Wild Life Department under whose jurisdiction the community reserve is located.

[(2A) Where a community reserve is declared on private land under sub-section (1) of section 36C, the community reserve management committee shall consist of the owner of the land, a representative of the State Forests or Wild Life Department under whose jurisdiction the community reserve is located and also the representative of the Panchayat concerned or the tribal community, as the case may be.]

(3) The committee shall be the competent authority to prepare and implement the management plan for the community reserve and to take steps to ensure the protection of wild life and its habitat in the reserve.

(4) The committee shall elect a Chairman who shall also be the Honorary Wild Life Warden on the community reserve.

(5) The committee shall regulate its own procedure including the quorum.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
Section36D
Marginal noteCommunity reserve management committee.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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.

  • inserted, Act 16 of 2003. . Ins. by Act 16 of 2003, s. 20 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).
  • substituted, Act 18 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 18 of 2022, s. 15, for "five representatives" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
  • inserted. . Ins. by s. 15, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).

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