t') page 1, line 10,-[j r "s;) st i tu tee!'1 re'lj  31) h s ti t'u te;~ it  bill no 1m of 1981 ------ the wild life (protection) amendment bill, 1981 a bill to amend the wild life (protection) act, 1972be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-second year of the republic of india as follows:-short title 1 this act may be called the wild life (protection) amendment act, 1981 ll iii i3 of 1972 5 z in section 12 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act),-amendment of section 12 (a) in the opening paragraph, the words ", with the previous permission of the state government," shall be omitted; (b) for clause (b), the following clauses and explanation shall 10 be sustituted, namely:-'(b) scientific research; (bb) scientific management; erplanatidn-for the purposes of clause (bb), the expression "scientific management" means-(i) translocation of any wild animals to an alternative suitable habitat; or (ii) population management of wild life, without killing or poisoning or destroying any wild animals;'; (c) after clause (c), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-"provided that no such permit ihall be granted-(a) in respect of any wild animal specified in schedule i, except with the previous permission of the central gov-5 ernment, and (b) in respect of any other wild animal, except with the previous permission of the state government" 3 in section 44 of the principal act,-:-amendment of section 44 (a) in sub-section (3), the words ", within fifteen days from the 10 commencement of this act," shall be omitted;  (b) in sub-section (4), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(b) no licence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be granted unless the chief wild life warden or the authorised 19 officer having regard to the antecedents and previous experience of the applicant; tile impualtion which thcil grant of suc~ licence would have on the status of wild life and to such other matters as may be prescribed in this behalf and af'termaking, such in- quiry in respect of those matters as he may think fit, is satis- 20 tied that t~ li~~e m9ul~ be gtflilwd" " in "etion 6301 the pru\eipill act, in ub-me~i()ll (1), af~ eljuse (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-amendment of lection 63 u ((14) the matters to be prea~ibed under clause (b) of sub-,section (f) of section 44;", 25  statement of objects and reasonsthe wild life (protection) act, 1972 (53 of 1972) provides for the protection (if wild animals and birds and for mattel'l connected therewith or ancillary thereto 2 under the present scheme of the aforesaid act, wild animals specified in schedule i of the act cannot be hunted by any person except as provlded in sections 11 and 12 iqr specific purposes there is no provisioll, at present, for permitting capture and translocation of wild animals for scientific management, which may, for instance, be-necesaary in the case of elephants for their population management or for introduction in alternative suitable habitat of endangered species like the great indian rhino~eros and the asiatic lion to achieve this purpose, it is necessarj to suitably amend section 12 of the said act with the stipulation that in the case of any wild animal specified in schedule i, the prior approval of the central governme'nt, and in the case of other wild animals, the prior approval of the state government, would be necessary 3 section 44 of the act relates to grant of licences for carrying on business in trophy and animal articles, and the time within which applications for sldch licences may be made has been specified i'n sub-section (3) of this section as 15 days from the commencement of the principal act a:; a result, no one can now apply for licences for carrying on business in trophy and animal articles as such, persons who get in possession of trophy and animal articles are constrained to carry on business with respect thereto in a clandestine manner it is, therefore, proposed to omit the time limit of 15 days provided in sub-section (3) of section 44 at the same time, it is also proposed to spell out expressly the more important guideli'nes which should be followed in granting licences under the section and confer power on the central government to specify by rules other guidelines 4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new delhi; rao birendra singh the 14th december, 1981  memorandum regarding delegated legislationsub-clause (b) of clause 3 of the bill seeks to substitute for clause (b) of sub-section (") of section," of the principal act a new clause (b) relating inter alia to the matters which should be taken into account in granting a licence under that section unlike the existing provision which leaves all such matters to be prescribed by rules to be made by state governments, the new clause (b) spells out the more jmportant of the matters which have to be taken into account in the clause itself and leaves the other matters to be prescribed 'by rules made by the central government thus the amendment really bas the effect of limiting the scope of the power delegated under" the act as originally enacted as the more important matters or guidelines have been spelt out in the amendment, and as the other matters which are to be prescribed by rules pertain to matters of detail, the delegation of legislative power involved is of a normal character  annexure exl'racts from the wild life (protection) act, 1972grant of permit for epecial pur,oses (53 'of 1972) - - - - - 12 notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this act, it shall be lawful for the chief wild life warden, to grant, with the previous permission of the state government, a permit, by an order in writing stating the reasons therefor, to any person, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, which shall entitle the holder of such permit to hunt, s~bject to such conditions as may be specified therein, any wild animal specified in such permit, for the' purpose of,-     (b) scientific research; or (c) collection of specimens for zoological gardens, museums and similar institutions  - - -   44 (1-)   - - - (3) every person referred to in sub-section (1) wh~ intends to obtain a lic·ence, shall, within fifteen days from the commencement of this act, make an application to the chief wild life warden or the authorised officer for the grant qf a licence; (4) (a)      dealines in trophy qnd animal articles without licence prohibited (b) no licence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be granted unless the chief wild life warde'll or the authorised officer having regard to such matters as may be prescribed in this behalf and after making such inquiry in respect of those matters as he may think 'fit, is satis6ed that the licence should be granted - - - - - 83 (1) the central government may, by notification, make rules for all or any of the following, namely:-- - - - power of central government to' yjlake rules a bill to amend the' wild life (proteetion) a~t, li'12 (rao bvr'endra singh, minister 01 agriculture and rural reconstnction 4ft(! irrigation and minister of civil supplte,) 