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ACT XIV OF 2014 ACT XIV OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN WILDLIFE (PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2014 An Act to provide protection, preservation, conservation, sustainable and management to the Wildlife, and establishment and management of protection areas in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 28th March, 2014] CHAPTER V POSSESSION AND DISPLAY OF WILD ANIMALS 19. Certificate of Lawful Possession.---(1) No person shall be in possession of any wild animal, dead or alive, its parts including trophy or meat, products and derivatives unless the person is in possession of a valid certificate of lawful possession granted in respect thereof by the authorized officer. (2) An officer specifically authorized in this behalf may issue, in his discretion, a certificate of lawful possession under this section for an unlawfully acquired wild animal or part, product and derivative after realizing the value of property and penalty as prescribed in Schedule-V. (3) Every person in possession of a wild animal shall produce certificate of lawful possession on demand made by any officer or any other person authorized by the Government in this behalf. (4) Any person wanting to acquire for possession any wild animal, part, product or derivative from outside the Province or Pakistan shall apply to the authorized officer for a license or permit under this Act and shall do so in accordance with the terms and conditions of the license or permit granted in this regard. If such acquiring requires import into Pakistan and the wild animal involved is included in the Appendices of CITES, then a permit of import shall also be obtained from the CITES Management Authority. (5) The acquiring of any such wild animal from outside the province or outside Pakistan shall be reported within thirty days from the date of acquiring or importing of the wild animal, part, product or derivative. (6) The officer authorized in this behalf may mark or ring and register the wild animal, part, product or derivative in respect of which a certificate of lawful possession is issued, in the prescribed manner. Alternatively, he may seize, pending taking of legal action under this Act, any such wild animal, part, product or derivative which, in his opinion, has not been lawfully acquired or imported. (7) Any wild animal that has been unlawfully possessed, acquired or imported, shall be confiscated and shall be subject to legal action taken. (8) No person shall counterfeit, change or in any way interfere with any mark, ring or registration of wild animal, part, product or derivative for which a certificate of lawful possession is issued or alter or in any way change the Certificate of lawful possessio