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(1) No person sha'11, except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Chief Wild Life Warden or any other officer authorised iby the State Government in this behalf, commence, or carry on business or occupation as a dealer in a spec;.ified plant or part or derivate thereof: · Wiid Life (Protection) Amend,ment 139 Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent a person, who, immediately before the commencement of the Wild Life (Protection) Ame:v.idment Act, 1991, was carrying on such business or occupation, from carrying on such business or occupation for a period of sixty days from such commencement, or where he has made an applica- tion within that period for the grant of a licence to him, until the licence is granted to him or he is informed in writing that a licence cannot be granted tci him. (2) Every licence granted under this section shall specify the premises in which and the conditions, if any, subject to which the licensee shall carry on his business. 17E.. (1) Every person cultivating, or dealing in, a specified plant or part or derivative thereof shall, within thirty days from the date of commencement of the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 1991 declare to the Chief Wild Life Warden or any other officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf, his stocks of such plants and part or derivative thereof, as the case may be, on the date of such commencement. (2) The provisions of sub-sections (3) to (8) (both inclusive) of section 44, section 45, section 46 and section 47 shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to an application and a licence referred to in section 17C and section 17D as they apply in relation to the licence or business in animals or animal articles.