Tamil Nadu Wild Elephants Preservation Act, 1873
Tamil Nadu Wild Elephants Preservation Act, 18731
[Act No. 1 of 1873]2
An Act to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of wild elephants.
Whereas it is expedient to make provision to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of wild elephants within the 3[State of Tamil Nadu]; It is enacted as follows:-
Footnotes:
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Short title, "The Madras Wild Elephants Preservation Act, 1873" was given by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1901 (Central Act XI of 1901).
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Received the assent of the Governor on the 21st April 1873 and the Governor-General on the 15th May 1873.
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Substituted for the expression "Presidency of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th day of January 1969.
Section 1 - Local extent and commencement
This Act extends to the 1[State of Tamil Nadu]; and it shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1873.
This Act was extended to the merged State of Pudukkottai by section 3 of, and the First Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXV of 1949).
This Act was further extended to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Forest (Amendment) Act, 1965 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 1965), which came into force on the 1st June 1966, repealing the corresponding law in that territory.
Footnote:
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Substituted for the expression "territories for the time being subject to the Government of the Presidency of Fort St. George" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th day of January 1969.
Section 2 - Destruction of wild elephants prohibited
From and after the said day, the destruction of wild elephants is prohibited, except as hereinafter provided.
Section 3 - Penalty for destroying female elephants
1[Whoever, not being authorised thereto by a licence granted under the provisions of section 3-A, shoots at or intentionally destroys and whoever abets within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860) any person not authorised as aforesaid in shooting at or destroying], any wild female elephant upon waste or forest land, whether such land be the property 2[of the Government] or otherwise, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred rupees, and, in default of payment, to simple or rigorous imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.
Penalty on second conviction.--Any...
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