The WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972

TIGER AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES CRIME CONTROL BUREAU

Section 38Y: Constitution of Tiger and other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau.

The Central Government may, for the purposes of this Act, by order published in the Official Gazette, constitute a Tiger and other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau to be known as the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau consisting of—

(a) the Director of Wildlife Preservation—Director ex officio;

(b) the Inspector-General of Police—Additional Director;

(c) the Deputy Inspector-General of Police—Joint Director;

(d) the Deputy Inspector-General of Forests—Joint Director;

(e) the Additional Commissioner (Customs and Central Excise)—Joint Director; and

(f) such other officers as may be appointed from amongst the officers covered under sections 3 and 4 of this Act.