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Section 61: Power to alter entries in Schedules

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

(1) The Central Government may, if it is of opinion that it is expedient so to do, by notification, [ [amend any Schedule or add] or delete any entry to or from any Schedule] or transfer any entry from one Part of a Schedule to another Part of the same Schedule or from one Schedule to another.

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(3) On the issue of a notification under sub-section (1), *** the relevant Schedule shall be deemed to be altered accordingly, provided that every such alteration shall be without prejudice to anything done or omitted to be done before such alteration.

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Provided that any such alteration made by the State Government, if it has been made with the previous consent of the Central Government, shall prevail in that State:

Provided further that nothing in the foregoing proviso shall prevent the Central Government from modifying or cancelling, at any time, the alteration made by the State Government.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
Section61
Marginal notePower to alter entries in Schedules
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.

  • substituted, Act 44 of 1991. . Subs. by Act 44 of 1991, s. 44, for "add any entry to any Schedule" (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
  • substituted, Act 18 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 18 of 2022, s. 37, for "add" (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
  • omitted. . Sub-section (2) omitted by s. 44, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
  • omitted, Act 44 of 1991. . The words brackets and figure "or sub-section (2)" omitted by Act 44 of 1991, s. 44 (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).
  • omitted. . Sub-section (4) omitted by s. 44, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).

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