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CHAPTER IV PROTECTED AREAS · Sanctuaries

Section 19: Collector to determine rights

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

1[When a notification has been issued under section 18,] the Collector shall inquire into, and determine, the existence, nature and extent of the rights of any person in or over the land comprised within the limits of the sanctuary.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 44 of 1991, s. 16, for “Whenever any area is declared to be a sanctuary” (w.e.f. 2-10-1991).

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