The Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912

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w· po th~ aforesaid A.B. beingdelivered to his care and custody, have e(snid ·1\'.B. properly taken care ofand prevented from doing inJ to himself or to others L[[(and i11 case o( temporary release under ction 33A add) and taken back to the asylum 011 the expiry ofthe iod of his release or in the event of his bcc01niog unmanageable or ngerous and unfit to be at large]] ; and in case of.the said E.F. ma · g default thercii1, we bind ourselves, jointly ~nd sever~lly, to fo it to 2{the President] 3* , the

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• • ·' Dated this day of 19 ~~i . .... .-: •~-: (Sig1wtw·e)
• • I"', ••, 'l n 13,I)} ...!.,"' •• SCHEDULEJI.--[ENACTMENTS REPEALED. Rep. by the 11 of . Second Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (XJ, <~( 1914), · under s. 3 and Schedule //. \ ii"i Magistrate t dass specially 14 [or section 15] THE WILD.BIRDS AND ANIMALS. ~ROTECTION ACT, 1912 i ' ,! 4Acr No. VIIJ OF 1912 [18th SeptPmber, 191lJ I .! said Magistrate to my cnre and An Act to make better provision for tho protection :111d pn•scrvafion .. . . of certain wild birds and atnimals. ;'1 t' ,::1 '' : WHEREAS it is'.;I expedient to make better provision for the protection ·and preservation of certain wild birds und animals ; being made over ·Jy taken care of others lf[(andin It is 'hereby enacted as follows :- and taken back release or in the :rous and unfit 1.-(1) This Act may be called the Wild Birds anJ Animals Short title and extent.· Protection Act, 1912 ; and ~--------- . .t1iJis;.by the Lunacy (Arndt.) A~t, 1951 (35 of 1951 ), s. 3. therein, I hereby 2subs. by A. 0., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch.; for "His Majesty" (wilh effect ~-. I ,~ I from the 23rd March, 1956), •, the sum of The words '.'the King-Emperor ofIndia" omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch. •For.. Statcment, of Objects and· Reasons, see Gzazcllc of India, 1912, Pt.ry;'p."2 ;for Report of S~lect Committee, see ibid., 1912, Pt. V, ~-173,; ,, and for.Proceedings in Council, see Ibid., 1912, Pt. VI, pp. 57 and 691. · ···-· This ·Act has been extended to the· Leased Areas of-llaluchis_t!}O,:.rie,. o. oJ.O.:-3lof:_t950{lind af.plied in the Fed~ratcd Areas·or ~a!u~tiist_11;n,lff.: (Sd.) E.F. 1 Oazctte.oflndia,,19J7,Pt. , p. 1499. . . . .. . . . . - .. . - 'The Acfhas been amended in its application to Baluchisltlll by Regula• . tion III of 1942. . ·" • · · · · ·· · · · •-- radd}-We do It has been repealed in its application to the N.-W.F.P. by the N.-W.F.P. Wild Birds. and Wild Animals Pl'otcction Act, 195(1 (~.-W.F.P, Act.:13· of ml E.F. that he 1950},· ~ ") ·, ·.-, ...: , . . · • . ·: · .· · ...'. .· ·: :..: ,,_--:.;,· · nj,·,ty" (11'11/t effect The'Act has been rep. m its app~1cat1on -to lhe Provmce· of.PunJab·:b,t:~ Punjab Ordinance XXI of 1972, s. 42 w.e.f. the 25th Oi;tobcr, 1972which' · was temporarily enacted by the PmtjnbA;ct VI of1973 and on the expiry 9fthc Ordinance as so enacted, by Punjab Act H of 1974; s. 48. . .. A. 0. 1949, Sch. 3. . e for the town of This Act has been rep. to the extent of Islnnmb:id Capital Territory, se,, Ordinance No, XXVII of 1981, s. 4 and 3rd Sch. 1949, Sch. :)" umitted, Ibid, ,. ' I i ....,1. c 120' WildBirdsa11dAnimalsProtection [19ifI~ft•viif ·:; ~-A ,!£(~) It extends tothe wholeofPakistan.}_ .!(,1,;.:;J};r,1:r:ru/· i"/ '.~ 5.-{t) When an Application of Act. ---2.:.......(1) This Act applies, in the first instance, tb·tbe'birds'1 able under this Act and animals specified in the Schedule, when in thei~ wild :sta:te:!, any bird or animal committed, or_the fl.1 shall be confiscated •(2) The 2[Provincial Government] may; by notification in ' the 3[official Gazette], appfy the provisions of this Act to any kind · ofwild bird or animal, other than those specified in the Schedulc,:i'· which, in its opinion, it is desirable to protect or pr~serve. lo ~..;:w_i., ~y I'

1. (2) Such confisc ment provided by s1
   • • ;, , \~ 1 ,~d '/l;qi,-,: ·3. ·The 2{Provincial Government] may,·. bt".l!l~~y.flffi~R!!J,;. __ in the l[offi.cial GazcHc], declare the whole year or anypart tliere- ' ~ of to be a close time throughout the whole or any'.'pai,i'~r' its

No Court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the second class shall try any offence against this Act.

Where the Provincial Government is of opinion that, in the interests of scientific research, such a course is desirable, it may grant to any person a license, subject to such restrictions and conditions as it may impose, entitling the holder thereof to do any act which is by section 3 declared to be unlawful.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to apply to the capture or killing of a wild animal by any person in defence of himself or any other person, or to the capture or killing of any wild bird or animal in bona fide defence of property.

Rep. by the Second Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (XVII of 1914), s. 3 and Schedule II.

(i) Bustards, ducks, floricans, jungle fowl, part, idg~·~, peafowl, pheasants, pigeons, quail, sand-g,ousc, llllnl• .vl,ich painted snipe, spurfo\-\'.l, wood-cot·k, ht:ron~,, cgrd:-;, rollers, and ~ing-fohers. ' . . (U) Antelopes, asses, bison, buffaloes, J.:cr, l!:1,:dk:;, ffi:111:c goats,·hares, oxen, rhinoceroses und sheep. every 1\,r a 1 rnay J (21 or for the al I.aw~ IThe original words "a.Presidency Magistrate or" omitted J.y .\. u., 1961, Art. 2 and sc.h. (\1•itlrc.O'i:ctji'Ol11 the 2Jr,J Marci,, 1956). 2Subs. by A. 0., 1937, for "L G.".