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Section 48 — Purchase of animal, etc., by licensee

Section 48

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Summary

Bars a licensee from keeping an undeclared animal or article, or one not lawfully acquired, and from capturing a wild animal or acquiring, selling, transporting, taxidermising or otherwise dealing in a Schedule I captive animal or its article, trophy, uncured trophy or meat except under the rules. An inter-State transfer needs the Director's previous written permission, which may be given only on satisfaction that the item was lawfully acquired.

Record details

Act number: 53 of 1972
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Source record: India Code 123456789/496026 — a1972-53.pdf
Locator: Section 48

Source record

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — India Code consolidated text (as on 5 June 2025)
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Official documentSection 48Record India Code 123456789/496026 — a1972-53.pdf
“48. Purchase of animal, etc., by licensee.”
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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.

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