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Section 26

Controller or authorized officer to exercise powers to evict

of Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 26 of 52
Section 26

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(1)

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.