section 37C
Recognition of zoos and deer parks.--
The Jammu and Kashmir Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1978Environmental197872 of 54 sections available5 chapters
Chapter IV Chapter IV
Statutory text
- (1) No zoos or deer parks shall be operated without being recognized by the Chief Wildlife Warden and no recognition shall be granted without the proper approval of the Board : Provided that a zoo or a deer park being operated immediately before the date of commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 2002, may continue to operate without being recognized for a period of six months from the date of such commencement and if the application seeking recognition is made within that period, the zoo may continue to be operated until the said application is finally decided or withdrawn and in case of refusal for further period of six months from the date of such refusal.
- (2) Every application for recognition of a zoo or a deer park shall be made to the Chief Wildlife Warden in such form and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
- (3) Every recognition shall specify the conditions if any, subject to which the applicant shall operate the zoo.
- (4) No recognition to a zoo or a deer park shall be granted unless the Board, having due regard to the interests of protection and conservation of wildlife, and such standards, norms and other matters as may be prescribed, that recognition should be granted.
- (5) No application for recognition of a zoo or a deer park shall be rejected unless the applicant has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
- (6) The Chief Wildlife Warden may, for reasons to be recorded by him, suspend or cancel any recognition granted under sub-section
- (4) : Provided that no such suspension or cancellation shall be made except after giving the persons operating the zoo or deer park reasonable opportunity of being heard.
- (7) An appeal from an order refusing to recognize a zoo or a deer park under sub-section (5), or an order suspending or cancelling a recognition under sub-section
- (6) shall lie to the Government.
- (8) An appeal under sub-section
- (7) shall be preferred within thirty days from the date of communication to the applicant, of the order appealed against : Provided that the Government may admit any appeal preferred after the expiry of the period aforesaid, if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal.
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