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2003-01-17

The Wild Life (protection) Amendment Act, 2002 Dated January 17, 2003

Act Short Title:	The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
Act ID:	197253
Act Number:	53
Enactment Date:	1972-09-09
Act Year:	1972
Long Title:	An Act to provide for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto with a view to ensuring the ecological and environmental security of the country.
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Section 1 : Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

¹[(2) It extends to the whole of India ²***.]

(3) It shall come into force in a State or Union territory to which it extends³*** on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act or for different States or Union territories.

1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).

2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
3. The words ",or may become extended in future," omitted by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).