Act: The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (Act No. 53 of 1972)
CHAPTER VI – Prevention and Detection of Offences
53. Punishment for wrongful seizure.
If any person, exercising powers under this Act, vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any other person on the pretence of seizing it for the reasons mentioned in section 50, he shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
Amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 1991; the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002; the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006; and the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
