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34.
Declaration
:- Notwithstanding any declaration that a person may have
made under sub-section (1) of
section 40, any person who has in his
control, custody or
possession, any animal article or trophy (other than
the musk of a musk
deer or
the horn of a rhinoceros or salted or dried skins derived from an animal specified in Schedule I or
II of
Schedule II shall, within thirty days from the
commencement
of these rules, make a
declaration in
Form No. 11 to the Chief
Wild
Life Warden or an officer authorised by him in this behalf
( hereafter referred
to as the authorised officer).
35. Inquiry
and preparation of
inventories :- (1) On receipt of a declaration
under
rule 34, or under sub-section (1) of section 40, the Chief Wild Life Warden
or the authorised officer shall give a notice to the person making the declaration as
to
the date and lime on which he shall enter upon the premises
of such and such
notice
shall be served
on the person making the declaration or sent to him by
registered
post.
(2) The
Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer may, after making
such inquiry as he may deem fit, inspect the premises and animal articles,
trophies,
uncured
trophies and captive animals, specified in Schedule
I or Part II of
Schedule II.
(3) The Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer shall make an
inventory in Form No. 12 of such animals or
objects found upon the premises.
(4) The
Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised
officer shall affix upon the
objects referred to in sub-rule (3), identification marks as far as possible in indelible
ink.
36.
Certificate of ownership :- The
Chief Wild
Life
Warden
may, for the purposes of section 40,
issue a certificate of ownership in Form No. 13 to a person who, in his
opinion, is in lawful possession of any animal, animal article, trophy or
uncured trophy.
37.
Application for
licence to commence or
curry on Business as a manufacturer of or dealer in in any animal article
etc.
(1)
Every person desiring
(a)
to commence or carry on the business as -
(i)
a
manufacturer of or dealer in any animal article ; or
(ii)
a taxidermist ; or
(iii) a dealer in trophy or uncured trophy ; or
(iv)
a
dealer in captive animals ; or
(v)
a dealer in meat; or
(b)
to cook or serve meat in any eating-house, shall make an application in
Form No. 14 to the
Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer for the grant of
a licence.
(2)
An
application for obtaining a licence to cook or
serve
meat in any eating house
shall specify the
specie of animal whose meat he desires to cook or serve.
38.
Grant of
licence :- (1)
On
receipt
of an
application
under
rule 33, the Chief Wild Life Warden or the
authorised
officer
shall,
after
making such enquiry as he may deem fit,
either grant the licence or reject the application.
(2)
Where an application is rejected, the fee paid thereon shall be refunded expeditiously
to the
applicant.
(3)
In
granting a licence under sub-rule (1), the Chief Wild Life Warden or the
authorised officer shall have due regard to -
(a) the past
record of the applicant as a dealer in the business which he desires to carry on
;
(b) whether the person has been convicted of any offence under the provisions
of the Act or the rules made there under or under any of the provisions
of an Act repealed by section 66 ;
(c) the need for granting a licence keeping in view the abundance or otherwise
of wild life existing in the State.
(4)
A licence -
(a)
to commence or carry
on the business as -
(i)
a
manufacturer
of or
dealer
in
an animal article or a dealer
in trophy
or uncured trophy shall be granted in Form No. 15 ;
(ii)
a
taxidermist shall be granted in Form No. 16 ;
(iii)
a dealer in captive animals shall be granted in Form No. 17.
(iv)
a dealer in meat shall be granted in form No. 18.
(b)
to
cook or serve meat in any eating-house
shall
be
granted
in
Form No. 19.
39.
Renewal of
licences :- (1) A
licensee may apply in Form No. 20 for renewal of the
licence within thirty days before the date of expiry of the licence.
(2)
The Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer may, subject to the provisions
of sub-section (7) of section 44, renew the licence in Form No, 15, Form No.16,
Form No, 17, Form No, 18 or Form No. 19, as may be appropriate and specify
therein the period up to which the licence is renewed.
40.
Fee
:- Every application for the grant of licence or renewal thereof shall be
accompanied by a treasury receipt of Bank challan
showing the fee according to the
following scale had been paid, namely :-
(a)
to
commence or carry on the business a :-
(i)
a
manufacturer of or
dealer
in any
animal
article shall be Rs.
30,00 ;
(ii)
a taxidermist shall be Rs50.00 ;
(iii)
a
dealer in trophy or uncured trophy shall be Re. 50.00
;
(iv)
a dealer in captive
animals shall be Rs. 50.00 ;
(v)
a dealer in meat shall be Rs. 50.00 ;
(b)
to
cook or serve meat in any eating-house shall
be Rs. 50.00.
41.
Conditions
governing the grant of licence :- Every licence granted under this Chapter
shall specify the terms subject
to
which
a
business or
profession shall be carried
on and shall also be subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder.
42.
Issue
of bill or cash memo :- (1) Every licensee, other than a taxidermist, shall,
at the time of sale, issue a bill or cash memo to the purchaser and such fee or
cash memo shall contain the following particulars -
(a)
Name
of the licensee.
(b)
Name,
address and place of business of the licensee.
(c)
Licence
number.
(d)
Description
of article sold.
(e)
Sale
price thereof.
(f)
Date
of sale.
(g)
Signature
of the licensee.
(2)
Every
taxidermist shall at the time of returning the trophy or uncured trophy
issue
a voucher to the owner thereof and such voucher shall contain the following
particulars, namely :-
(a)
Dale
of issue of voucher.
(b)
Name,
address and place of business of the licensee.
(c)
Licence
number.
(d)
Description
including name of specie.
(e)
Price
realised.
(f)
Name
and address of the person to whom the voucher is issued.
(g)
Signature
of the licensee.
43.
Bill,
cash
memo or voucher - how to be maintained :- (1)
Every bill, cash memo
or voucher,
as
the case may be, referred to in rule 42,
shall be in triplicate and
serially numbered.
(2)
The duplicate and triplicate copy of every bill, cash memo or voucher shall
be retained by the
license and the original copy -
(a)
in
the
case
of a
bill
or cash
memo, shall be given
to the purchaser ; and
(b)
in
the
case
of a
voucher,
shall
be
given
to the
owner of the trophy.
(3)
Every
book
containing blank vouchers shall be presented to the Chief Wild
Life Warden or the authorised officer for affixing his initials or stamp on such
book
before it is brought into
use.
(4)
The duplicate copy of every bill,
cash memo or voucher shall be sent along
with
the
monthly return
referred to in rule 45.
44.
Maintenance of registers :- (1)
A licensed dealer in captive animals, animal
articles,
trophies or uncured trophies or meat derived therefrom
shall maintain
a register in Form No. 21.
(2)
A
licensee who is a taxidermist or a manufacturer of animal articles shall
maintain
a register in form No. 22.
(3) a licence authorised to cook or serve
meet in any eating-house shall
maintain
a register in Form No. 23.
(4) The licensee shall ensure that the register required to be maintained
by
him under this
rule
has been brought up to date before closing the business
for the day.
45. Submission of returns :-
(1) Every licensee shall submit a monthly return to
-
(a) the
Chief
Wild Life Warden or the
authorised officer ; and
(b) the Director of Wild Life Preservation or the officer authorised by him
in this behalf, a true copy
of the entries made by him in the relevant
register, referred to in rule 44, during the course of a
month, duly
certified and signed by
the licensee as true copy of such entries.
(2)
The return under sub-rule (1)
shall be submitted by the tenth of the month
following the
month to which the return relates.
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