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2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-


*[(1) "animal" includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, other chordates and invertebrates and also includes their young and eggs;;]


[*Sub-clause 1 substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(2) “Animal article” means an article made from any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, and includes an article or object in which the whole or any part of such animal has been used, and ivory imported into India and an article made there from;

(3) [Omitted by Act 44 of 1991, sec. 5 (w.e.f. 2-10-1991)].

*[(4) “Board” means the Wild Life Advisory Board constituted under sub-section (1) of section 6;]


[*Sub-clause 4 substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(5) “Captive animal” means any animal, specified in Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule II or Schedule IV, which is captured or kept or bred in captivity;


(6) [Omitted by Act 44 of 1991, sec. 5 (w.e.f. 2-10-1991)]


(7) “Chief Wild Life Warden” means the person appointed as such under clause

(a) of sub-section (1) of section 4;


(7A) “Circus” means an establishment, whether stationary or mobile, where animals are kept or used wholly or mainly for the purpose of performing tricks or manocuyres;


(8) [Omitted by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]


*[(9) "Collector" means the chief officer-in-charge of the revenue administration of a district or any other officer not below the rank of a Deputy Collector as may be appointed by the State Government under section 18B in this behalf;;]


[*Sub-clause 9 substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(10) “Commencement of this Act”, in relation to,-

(a) a State, means commencement of this Act in that State,

(b) any provision of this Act, means the commencement of that provision in the concerned State;


*[(11) "dealer" in relation to any captive animal, animal article, trophy, uncured trophy, meat or specified plant, means a person, who carries on the business of buying or selling any such animal or article, and includes a person who undertakes business n any single transaction;']

[*Sub-clause 11 substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(12) “Director” means the person appointed as Director of Wild Life Preservation under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3;


*[(12A) “Forest Officer” means the Forest Officer appointed under clause (2) of section 2 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927) or under any other Act for the being in force in a state];

(12B) "forest produce" shall have the same meaning as in sub clause (b) of clause (4) of section 2 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927);'


[*Sub-clause 12A & 12B inserted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(13). Omitted by Act 44 of 1991. sec. 5.

(14) “Government property” means any ‘property referred to in section 39 for section 17H;


(15) “Habitat” includes land, water or vegetation which is the natural home of any wild animal;


(16) “Hunting”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes;

*[(a) killing or poisoning of any wild animal or captive animal and every
attempt to do so,


(b) capturing, coursing, snaring, trapping, driving or baiting any wild or captive animal and every attempt to do so;].


(c) injuring or destroying or taking any part of the body of any such animal or, in the case of wild birds or reptiles, damaging the eggs of such birds or reptiles or disturbing the eggs or nests of such birds or reptiles;


[*Substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(17) “Land” includes canals, creeks and other water channels, reservoirs, rivers, streams and lakes, whether artificial or natural, marshes and wetlands and also includes boulders and rocks;


(18) “licence” means a licence granted under this Act;


*[(18A) "livestock" means farm animals and includes buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, camels, cows, donkeys, goats, sheep, horses, mules, yaks, pigs, ducks, geese, poultry and their young but does not include any animal specified in Schedules I to V;'.]

[*Substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]


(19) “Manufacturer” means a person who manufacturers articles form any animal or plant specified in schedules I to V & VI as the case may be;


(20) “Meat” includes blood, bones, sinew, eggs, fat and flesh, whether raw or cooked, of any wild animal, other than vermin;


(21) “National Park” means an area declared, whether under section 35 or section 38, or deemed, under sub-section (3) of section 66, to be declared, as a National Park;


(22) “Notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(23) “Permit” means a permit granted under this Act or any rule made thereunder;


(24) “Person” includes a firm;

*[(24A) "protected area" means a National Park, a sanctuary, a conservation reserve or a community reserve notified under sections 18, 35, 36A and 36C of the Act;']


[*Inserted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]


(25) “Prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(25A) “Recognised Zoo” means a zoo recognised under section 38H


*[(25B) "reserve forest" means the forest declared to be reserved by the State Government under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), or declared as such under any other State Act;

(26) "sanctuary" means an area declared as a sanctuary by notification under the provisions of Chapter IV of this Act and shall also include a deemed sanctuary under sub-section (4) of section 66;']

[*Substituted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(27) “Specified plant” means any plant specified in Schedule VI;

(28) [*Omitted by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

(29) “State Government”, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator of that Union territory appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;


[(30) "taxidermy", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the curing, preparation or preservation or mounting of trophies;]

[*sub-clause substituted vide by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

'(30) "taxidermy", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the curing, preparation or preservation or mounting of trophies;'


(30A) “Territorial waters” shall have the same meaning as in section 3 of the Territorial waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976)

(31) “Trophy” means the whole or any part of any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, which has been kept or preserved by any means, whether artificial or natural, and includes –


(a) rugs, skins and specimens of such animal mounted in whole or in part through a process of taxidermy, and


*[(b) antler, bone, carapace, shell, horn, rhinoceros horn, hair, feather, nail, tooth, tusk, musk, eggs, nests and honeycomb;]

[*sub-clause 31(b) substituted vide by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]


(32) “Uncured trophy” means the whole or any part of any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, which has not undergone a process of taxidermy, and includes a freshly killed wild animal, ambergris, musk and other animal products;


(33) “Vehicle” means any conveyance used for movement on land, water or air and includes buffalo, bull, bullock, camel, donkey, elephant, horse and mule;


(34) “Vermin” means any wild animal specified in Schedule V;

(35) “Weapon” includes ammunition, bows and arrows, explosives, firearms, hooks, knives, nets, poison, snares and traps and any instrument or apparatus capable of anaesthetizing, decoying, destroying, injuring or killing an animal;

*[(36) "wild animal" means any animal specified in Schedules I to IV and found wild in nature;']


(37) (37) "wild life" includes any animal, aquatic or land vegetation which forms part of any habitat;']


[*sub-clause 36 & 37 substituted vide by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]


(38) “Wild Life Warden” means the person appointed as such under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4;



*[(39) “ZOO” means an establishment, whether stationary or mobile, where captive animals are kept for exhibition to the public and includes a circus and rescue centres but does not include an establishment of a licensed dealer in captive animals.]


[*sub-clause 39 modified vide by Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2002]

 

 
 

 

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