Rajasthan Public Parks Act, 1956
No: 21 Dated: Jun, 01 1956
Rajasthan Public Parks Act, 1956
(Act No. 21 of 1956)
An Act to provide for the establishment, protection and preservation of public parks in the State of Rajasthan] for the establishment of zoos and maintenance of animals therein, for the preservation of other objects of scientific interest therein, for securing the public from molestation and annoyance while resorting thereto and for incidental matters.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows
1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Public Parks Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf
2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
(1) "Animal" includes any mammal, reptile or bird;
(2) "Park" means any park or garden declared to be a public park under this Act as well as any zoo within any public park so declared;
(3) "Superintendent" means the person in executive charge of a park and includes any person lawfully performing the duties of a Superintendent under this Act.
(4) "Trap" includes any contrivance or device by means of which an animal can be captured;
(5) "Weapon" includes any fire-arm or ammunition therefor, or any other instrument capable of propelling a projectile, or capable of being propelled or used in such a manner that any animal can be killed or injured thereby
3. Declaration of public parks - The State Government may, by notification in the [Official Gazette], declare any park or garden to be a public park and thereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply to such park.
4. Control of parks and functions and duties of Superintendent - (1) subject to the control of the State Government, the Superintendent of each park shall be the authority to control, manage and maintain such park, and for that purpose may with the previous sanction of the Government-
(a) construct such roads, bridges, buildings and fences and carry out such other works as he may consider necessary for the purposes of such park;
(b) make necessary arrangements for the preservation of scientific objects in such, park;
(c) take such steps as will ensure the security of animals in such park;
(d) permit the errection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors or of shops or other undertakings.
(2) The State Government may, by notification in the [Official Gazette], direct that the control, management and maintenance of any park shall vest in a local authority within the jurisdiction of which such park may be situated; and in every such case the duties of a Superintendent under this Act shall in respect of such park, be exercised by such local authority and the proceeds, if any, from such park shall also vest therein.
5. Prohibition of certain acts in a park - It shall not be law full for any person:-
(a) to convey into a park or within the confines thereof to be in possession of any explosive trap or poison :
Provided that any person entitled under the Indian Arms Act, 1878 (Act XI of 1878) or any rule made there under to carry or possess arms of any kind in the area in which a park is situated may convey into or possess within a park, such arms and ammunition there for
(b) within a park or within a zoo therein to kill, injure, capture or disturb any animal, or to take or destroy any egg or nest or any bird, provided that any dangerous animal may be killed in defence of human life;
(c) wilfully or negligently to cause damage by fire or otherwise to the park or any object therein; and
(d) to remove from a park any animal whether alive or dead, other than an animal lawfully introduced into such park, or any part of an animal