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Fauna And Flora Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 49 of 1993) - Sect 53

Replacement of sections 58 and 58A of the principal enactment

53. Sections 58 and 58A of the principal enactment are hereby repealed and the following sections substituted therefor :
58. Any person who does any act in contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or of any regulation, or of any condition inserted in any licence or permit issued under this Ordinance or any regulation, shall be guilty of an offence punishable, where no other penalty Is expressly provided by this Ordinance, with a fine not less than two thousand rupees and not more than five thousand rupees or with imprisonment of either description for a term not less than one year and not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
58A. Notwithstanding anything in any other provisions of this Ordinance, where any person is convicted of the offence of killings hunting, shooting, injuring or taking, or having in his possession or under his control, any wild elephant within a Nature Reserve or Sanctuary, he shall be liable to be punished with a fine not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more than two hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than five years and not exceeding ten years or to both such fine and imprisonment.".


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