Purpose of Section 44 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is to:

Section 44 allows manufacture of and dealing in animal articles, taxidermy, dealing in trophies, captive animals and meat, and serving meat in eating-houses only "under, and in accordance with, a licence", granted after considering the effect on "the status of wild life". It regulates such trade rather than banning it; the outright ban for scheduled animals is in Section 49B.