Summary
The highest-protection schedule. It lists the wild animals, birds and reptiles for which hunting is prohibited under section 9 except as permitted by sections 11 and 12, and which attract the enhanced penalties in section 51. The schedule is divided into Parts A to K, covering mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, echinoderms, molluscs, other arthropods, butterflies, odonata and corals.
Record details
- Jurisdiction
- India (Union)
- Source record
- India Code 123456789/496026 — a1972-53.pdf
- Locator
- Schedule I
Source record
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — India Code consolidated text (as on 5 June 2025)
Official document·Schedule I·Record India Code 123456789/496026 — a1972-53.pdf
Open official source- Published
- Not recorded
- Retrieved
- 23 Oct 2026
- Verified
- Not recorded
Fetched from India Code on 23 October 2026. The PDF is the consolidated Act as on 5 June 2025, incorporating the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 (w.e.f. 1 April 2023). Section headings, text and footnote amendment references are taken from it; the provisions have not had a separate legal review.
Related records
1
Substituted by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 (18 of 2022), w.e.f. 1 April 2023. The schedule is cross-referenced to sections 9, 11, 12, 38-I, 39, 40, 40A, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 48, 48A, 50, 51, 51A and 57, and Chapter V-A. It is modelled at title level: Parts A–K: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, echinodermata, mollusca, arthropods (other than insects), butterflies, odonata and corals. The species lists are not reproduced, and the schedule's legal effect is only summarised.