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Section 17B: Grants of permit for special purposes
1[17B. Grants of permit for special purposes.– The Chief Wild Life Warden may, with the previous permission of the State Government, grant to any person a permit to pick, uproot, acquire or collect from a forest land or the area specified under section 17A or transport, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, any specified plant for the purpose of–
- (a) education;
- (b) scientific research;
- (c) collection, preservation and display in a herbarium of any scientific institution; or
- (d) propagation by a person or an institution approved by the Central Government in this regard.]
Source: official text of The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.