Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
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.