Section 26
Controller or authorized officer to exercise powers to evict
of Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998
—
Where there is reason to believe that an offence against subsection (1) or (2) of section 24 has been committed, the Chief Wild
Life Warden or Warden or any person authorized by the Controller, or a police officer not below the rank of Inspector, may—
(a)
remove from the Wild Life Sanctuary any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed the offence;
(b)
seize all instruments, machinery, weapons, implements, forest produce, minerals, chemicals and any other object or item which he has reason to believe was used or is being used in the commission of the offence; and
(c)
demolish or remove any building, structure, barrier or obstruction, or take into possession in the name of the
Government all buildings, animals, plants, crops and any other property.
(2)
Every officer in the exercise of the powers conferred under subsection (1) may call upon any police officer for assistance and it shall be the duty of every such police officer to comply with such request.