Act: The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (Act No. 53 of 1972)
CHAPTER IV – Protected Areas
28. Grant of permit.
(1) The Chief Wild Life Warden may, on application, grant to any person a permit to enter or reside in a sanctuary for all or any of the following purposes, namely:—
(a) investigation or study of wild life and purposes ancillary or incidental thereto;
(b) photography and film-making without making any change in the habitat or causing any adverse impact to the habitat or wild life;
(c) scientific research;
(d) tourism;
(e) transaction of lawful business with any person residing in the sanctuary.
(2) A permit to enter or reside in a sanctuary shall be issued subject to such conditions and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
Amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 1991; the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002; and the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
