Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
17A. Prohibition of picking, uprooting, etc. of specified
plant
Save as otherwise
provided in this Chapter, no person shall-
(a) willfully pick,
uproot, damage, destroy, acquire or collect any specified plant from any forest
land and any area specified, by notification, by the Central Government;
(b) posses, sell,
offer for sale, or transfer by way of gift or otherwise, or transport any
specified plant, whether alive or dead, or part or derivative thereof :
Provided that nothing in this
section shall prevent a member of a scheduled tribe, subject to the provisions
of Chapter IV, from picking, collecting or possessing in the district he
resides any specified plant or part or derivative thereof for his bona fide
personal use.