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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 VI WILDLIFE TRADE AND TRAFFIC 33. Seizure and Confiscation of Specimens in Unlawful Trade.---(1) The specimens of wild animals in unlawful or likely to be in unlawful holding or transit for transfer, internal trade, import, export or any other purpose shall be seized forthwith pending the decision of the case and confiscated in case of conviction. (2) Where a living specimen is seized, it shall be entrusted to a rescue centre or any other appropriate facility in the absence of the former, for temporary custody and maintenance at the expense of the unlawful transferor, importer or exporter or smuggler.