{
    "act_title": "THE WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972",
    "act_slug": "wild-life-protection-act-1972",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "55",
        "title": "Section 55. Cognizance of offences",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "55. Cognizance of offences. No court shall take cognizance of any offence against this Act on the complaint of any person other than-\n(a) the Director of Wild Life Preservation or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the Central Government; or\n(aa) the Member-Secretary, Central Zoo Authority in matters relating to violation of the provisions of Chapter IVA; or\n(ab) Member-Secretary, Tiger Conservation Authority; or\n(ac) Director of the concerned tiger reserve; or\n(b) the Chief Wild Life Warden, or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government subject to such conditions as may be specified by that Government; or\n(bb) the officer-in-charge of the zoo in respect of violation of provisions of section 38J; or\n(c) any person who has given notice of not less than sixty days, in the manner prescribed, of the alleged offence and of his intention to make a complaint, to the Central Government or the State Government or the officer authorised as aforesaid.",
        "footnote": "4; 5; 1; 2",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 4540
    },
    "prev_section": "54",
    "next_section": "56"
}