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PROTECTION OF SPECIFIED PLANTS

PROHIBITION OF PICKING, UPROOTING, ETC., OF SPECIFIED PLANTS

No person shall -

(a) willfully pick, uproot, damage destroy, acquire or collect any specified plant from any forest land and area specified, by notification, by the Central Government,

(b) possess, sell, other for sale, or transfer by way of gift or otherwise, or transport any specified plant, whether alive or dead, or part or derivative thereof :

However nothing shall prevent a member of a scheduled tribe, from picking, collecting or possessing in the district he resides any specified plant or part or derivative thereof for his bonafide personal use.

Grant of permit for special purpose

The Chief Wild Life Warden may with the previous permission of the State Government, grant to any person a permit to pick, uproot, acquire or collect from a forest land or the area specified or transport, any specified plant for the purpose of

(a) education;

(b) scientific research.,

(c) collection, preservation and display in a herbarium of any scientific institutions; or

(d) propagation by a person or an institution approved by the Central Government in this regard.

Cultivation of specified plants without licence prohibited

No person shall cultivate a specified plant except under, and in accordance with a licence granted by the Chief Wild Life Warden or any other officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf :

Every licence granted under this section shall specify the area in which and the conditions, if any, subject to which the licensee shall cultivate a specified plant.