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Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, any person who contravenes any provision of the Act or any…

The general penalty in s.51(1), as amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022, is "with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine…

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Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, any person who contravenes any provision of the Act or any rule or order made under it shall, on conviction, be punishable

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The general penalty in s.51(1), as amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022, is "with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both". The 2022 amendment raised the fine from twenty-five thousand rupees to one lakh rupees.

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