1[(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, no zoo shall acquire, sell or transfer any wild animal or captive animal specified in Schedules I 2*** except with the previous permission of the Authority.
(2) No zoo shall acquire, sell or transfer any wild or captive animal except from or to a recognised zoo.]
3[Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a conservation breeding centre.]
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Subs. by Act 16 of 2003, s. 24, for section 38-I (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).
- 2.The word and figures “and II” omitted by Act 18 of 2022, s. 17 (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).
- 3.Ins. by s. 17, ibid (w.e.f. 1-4-2023).