The WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972

TRADE OR COMMERCE IN WILD ANIMALS, ANIMAL ARTICLES AND TROPHIES

Section 49: Purchase of captive animal, etc., by a person other than a licensee.

No person shall purchase, receive or acquire any captive animal, wild animal, other than vermin, or any animal article, trophy, uncured trophy or meat derived therefrom otherwise than from a dealer or from a person authorised to sell or otherwise transfer the same under this Act: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a recognised zoo subject to the provisions of section 38-1 or to a public museum.