Bare ActsElephants Preservation Act, 1879

Section 8

Licence to be produced and shown on requisition of certain officers

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Any officer of Revenue or Police, or any Forest Officer, who may find any person killing, injuring or capturing, or attempting to kill, injure or capture, any wild elephant, except in the cases mentioned in Section 3, Clauses (a) and (b), may require him to produce and show a licence granted to him under this Act. Any person who, on such request, wilfully refuses or is unable to produce and show such licence as aforesaid, shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable under this Act, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.

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