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29.
Entry
in
a sanctuary or National Park
for purposes of section 28 (1)(a),
(b)
and (c):- (1)
Every person desiring to enter a sanctuary or National Park for purposes of
investigation or study of wild life and purposes ancillary or incicental thereto
a professional photography or scientific research shall obtain a permit
from the Chief Wild Life Warden or the Officer in charge of the sanctuary or National
Park.
(2)
The
fee payable by
a person
or a party
not exceeding
five for conducting
scientific research
in a
sanctuary or National park shall
be Rs. 10.00 per day or
the same
may be
waived at the
discretion of the
Chief Wild Life
Warden.
(3)
The
fee payable
by a
professional photographer
for operating
a still camera
in a
sanctuary or
National Park, shall
be Rs.
5.00 per day in
the case of
a citizen of India
and Rs.
5.00 per day in
the case
of a person other than citizen
of India.
(4)
The
fee payable by a
professional photographer
for operating
a cine camera
in a
sanctuary or National Park shall be Rs.
50.00 per day in the case of a citizen
of India
and Rs. 10.00 per day in the case
of a person other than
citizen of India.
(5)
The
fee payable
under sub-rule
(3) or
sub-rule (4)
may be paid
in advance.
30.
General
conditions governing the
issue of a permit:- (1) A
permit issued under
this Chapter
shall
specify all or any of the
following particulars, namely :-
(a) purpose
of entry ;
(b)
duration
of visit ;
(c)
areas
permitted to be visited or
used ;
(d)
place
where camping is permitted ;
(e)
engagement
of guides ;
(f)
any
other condition that may
be deemed necessary.
(2)
A
permit issued
under this
Chapter shall
not entitle
any person to a free
accommodation in
any Government building
situated in
a sanctuary
or National
Park.
(3)
(a)
Any member
of the
Forest Department or an officer
appointed under
sub-section (1)
of section
4 may require any person
to stop
within the limit
of the sanctuary
or National park, as the
case may
be or
at
the entrance gate
for purposes
of checking
and may
demand the permit
granted under this Chapter
to be produced for inspection.
(b) Every
person so
required to stop
under clause
(a) shall
stop when called
upon to
do so
and shall produce
the permit
for inspection.
31.
Cancellation
of permit:- Where
any
person commits
any breach of any of
the conditions
specified in
permit, the
Chief Wild Life
Warden or the officer in
charge of a
sanctuary or
National Park
may after recording his
reason in writing,
cancel any
permit.
32.
Power to exempt :- Where
the State Government
consider it necessary or expedient
so to do in
the public interest,
it may, by order exempt any person
or class
of persons from
the payment of the fee payable under this Chapter.
(2)
The
application
under sub-rule
(1) shall
be accompanied
by a treasury receipt
or Bank challan
showing that a fee
of Rs.
4.00 has been
paid by the applicant.
(3)
(a)
On receipt of
an application under sub-rule
(1), the officer in charge of the sanctuary or National Park shall,
after making such inquiry as he may deem fit,
register the name and other particulars of the applicant in Form No. 10.
(b)
A separate page in the register shall be allotted to each licensee.
(4)
Where a
licensee commit any offence under the Act or the rules made there
under, the officer in charge of the sanctuary
or National Park shall make
an entry
to that effect in
the register and where the registering officer
is satisfied that the licensee has committed the said offence on
occasions more than one he may take such
steps as he considers necessary to move the authority concerned for canceling the
licence under the Arms Act, 1959 (Central Act 54 of 1959).
(5)
Where
the licensee transfers his arms
to another person by way of sale, gift
or otherwise, he shall intimate the officer in charge of the sanctuary or
National Park, within a period of fifteen days of such transfer.
(6)
Where the licensee shifts his residence to
another place within the said ten kilometres
or shifts
his
residence beyond
the said
distance, he
shall within
a fortnight of shifting to the
new residence,
intimate the
new address to the
officer in
charge of the sanctuary or National Park.
(7)
Where
the licensee dies, his successor or
legal representative
shall intimate the
fact to the officer in charge of the sanctuary or National Park.
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