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BALUCHISTAN WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, 1974 BALUCHISTAN WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT, 1974 ACT XIX OF 1974 An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to preservation, conservation and management of wildlife in Baluchistan [Gazette of Baluchistan, Extraordinary, 21st August 1974] No. Legis-X-(17)/74.----The Baluchistan Wildlife Protection Bill, 1974 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Baluchistan on 22nd July 1974 and assented to the Governor of Baluchistan, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. 20. Killing, capturing in self-defence.---Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act it shall not be an offence- (a) for any person to kill any wild animal by any means in the immediate defence of his own life or that of any other person; (b) for the owner of standing crops or livestock or his employee a to kill any wild bird or animal that is doing damage to the crop or livestock by any means within a reasonable distance or where the livestock is grazing or where it is enclosed for the night.