MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICEMINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 20th January, 2003/Pausa 30, 1924 (Saka) Thefollowing Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the l7thJanuary, 2003, and is hereby published for general information:� THE WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2002 No. 16 of 2003 [17thJanuary, 2003.] AnAct further to amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. BE itenacted by Parliament in the Fifty‑third Year of the Republic ofIndia as follows: ShortTitle and Commencement 1.(1) This Act may be called the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002.������(2)It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may beappointed for different provisions of this Act. Amendmentof Long Title 53 of19722. Inthe Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the principalAct), for the long title, the following long title shall be substitute...