Section 21 of The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 View Chapter 4

Proclamation by Collector.


   When a notification has been issued under section 18, the Collector shall 1[within a period of sixty days] publish in the regional language in every town and village in or in the neighbourhood of the area comprised therein, a proclamation--

       (a)  specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and the limits of the sanctuary; and

       (b)  requiring any person, claiming any right mentioned In section 19, to prefer before the Collector, within two months from the date of such proclamation, a written claim in the prescribed form, specifying the nature and extent of such right with necessary details and the amount and particulars of compensation, if any, claimed in respect thereof.

1Ins. by Act 16 of 2003, s. 12 (w.e.f. 1-4-2003).