Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
17C. Cultivation of specified plants without license
prohibited
(1) No person shall
cultivate a specified plant except under and in accordance with a license
granted by the Chief Wild Life Warden or any other officer authorized by the
State Government in this behalf:
Provided that nothing in this
section shall prevent a person, who immediately before the commencement of the
Wild Life (Protection) (Amendment) Act, 1991, was cultivating a specified plant
from carrying on such cultivation for a period of six months from such
commencement or where he has made an application within that period for the
grant of a license to him, until the license is granted to him or he is
informed in writing that a license cannot be granted to him.
(2) Every license
granted under this section shall specify the area in which and the conditions,
if any, subject to which the licensee shall cultivate a specified plant.