Wild Life Disposal of Wild Animal Article Rules 2023

EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 402] NEW DELHI, WEDNES DAY, JULY 12, 2023/ASHADHA 21, 194 5 CG-DL-E-13072023-247266 MINISTRY OF ENVIR ONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th July, 2023 G.S.R . 501(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (gvii) of sub -section (1) of section 63 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), the Central Governmen t hereby makes the following rules, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement. —(1) These rules may be called the Wild Life Disposal of Wild Animal Article Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions .—(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: - (a) “Act” means the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); (b) “incineration” means burning where the burnt material is converted into ash, gas and energy. (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972) shall have the meaning, respectively, assigned to them in that Act. 3. Disposal of wild animal article, etc. —Any wild animal article, trophy or uncured trophy or meat derived from any wild animal, which is a State Government or Central Government property, as the case may be, under sub -sections (1) and (2) of sec tion 39 shall be disposed of in the following manner, namely: - (a) the Director, Wild Life Preservation or the Chief Wild Life Warden or an Officer authorized, in writing, by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, may by ord er direct the incineration of such Government property at such place and such date and time as mentioned in the order; (b) the incineration shall be conducted in the presence of a Committee constituted by the Chief Wild Life Warden for this purpose, cons isting of the following Members, namely: - (i) an Officer not below the rank of Deputy Conservator of Forests having custody of such property; (ii) a representative of the local Gram Panchayat; (iii) a representative of the Revenue Department not below t he rank of Tahsildar; (iv) an expert in the field of Wild Life; and (c) the Committee shall submit a report on the incineration to the Chief Wild Life Warden, within a period of ten days from the date of incineration. 4. Order to be signed and dated. — Every order of the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised Officer shall be in writing and shall be signed and dated by him. [F. No. WL-1/10/2023 -WL] BIVASH RANJAN , Addl. Director General of Forests (WL) and Director, Wild Life Preservation Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.