Elephants' Preservation Act : KILLING AND CAPTURE OF WILD ELEPHANTS PROHIBITED Indian Bare Acts :

Elephants' Preservation Act,1879

Act No : 6

Section : KILLING AND CAPTURE OF WILD ELEPHANTS PROHIBITED

SECTION 03: KILLING AND CAPTURE OF WILD ELEPHANTS PROHIBITED

No person shall kill, injure or capture, or attempt to kill, injure or capture, any wild elephant unless

(a) in defence of himself or some other person;

(b) when such elephant is found injuring houses or cultivation, or upon, or in the immediate vicinity of, any main public road or any railway or canal; or

(c) as permitted by a licence granted under this Act.