Act: The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (Act No. 53 of 1972)
CHAPTER IV – Protected Areas
23. Powers of Collector.
For the purpose of such inquiry, the Collector may exercise the following powers, namely:—
(a) the power to enter in or upon any land and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same or to authorise any other officer to do so;
(b) the same powers as are vested in a civil court for the trial of suits.
Amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 1991; and the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
