Under Section 17H(2) of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, provisions of Section 39(2) and 39(3)…

Section 17H(1) makes specified plants, parts and derivatives involved in an offence Government property, and s.17H(2) applies s.39(2) and (3) to them. So a person who obtains such a plant must report it within forty-eight hours and may not keep, transfer or destroy it without written permission; livestock, timber and registered weapons are not brought within the section.