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.]
(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.]
1. Ins. by Act 44 of 1991, s. 13 (w.e.f. 20-4-1995).