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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. 34. Government may invest officer with certain powers.---Government may invest any officer or any other person authorised in this behalf with all or any of the following powers, that is to say- (a) the powers of a civil Court to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and material objects ; (b) the power to issue a search warrant under the Court of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) ; (c) the power to hold an inquiry into offences under this Act and in the course of such inquiry to receive and record evidence ; and (d) the powers to prosecute a case before a Magistrate.