section 16A
Prohibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified plants.-Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no person shall-
The Jammu and Kashmir Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1978Environmental197872 of 54 sections available5 chapters
Chapter III Chapter III
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- (a) willfully pick, uproot, damage, destroy, acquire or collect any specified plant from any forest land, protected area and any other area specified, by notification, by the Government ;
- (b) possess, 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 bonafide personal use.
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