Lawgist17AProhibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified plant
1[17A. Prohibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified plant.--Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no person shall--
(a) wilfully pick, uproot, damage, destroy, acquire or collect any specified plant from any forest land and any area specified, by notification, by the Central Government;
(b) posses, sell, offer for sale, or transfer by way of gift or otherwise, or transport any specified plant, whether alive or dead, or part or derivative thereof:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent a member of a scheduled tribe, subject to the provisions of Chapter IV, from picking, collecting or possessing in the district he resides any specified plant or part or derivative thereof for his bona fide personal use.]
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1. Ins. by Act 44 of 1991, s. 13 (w.e.f. 20-4-1995).
- 17A Prohibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified plant
- 17B Grants of permit for special purposes
- 17C Cultivation of specified plants without licence prohibited
- 17D Dealing in specified plants without licence prohibited
- 17E Declaration of stock
- 17F Possession, etc., of plants by license
- 17G Purchase, etc., of specified plants
- 17H Plants to be Government property
