Section 16
Management Authority
(1) For the purpose of this Act, the following agencies shall be regarded as the Management Authority:
a) The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in regard to wild fauna or specimen
thereof;
b) Department of Forests in regard to wild flora or specimen thereof
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-Section (1), Government of Nepal may, by a notification published in the Nepal gazette, specify any particular agency as the Management Authority in
regard to any particular wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof.
a) The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in regard to wild fauna or specimen
thereof;
b) Department of Forests in regard to wild flora or specimen thereof
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-Section (1), Government of Nepal may, by a notification published in the Nepal gazette, specify any particular agency as the Management Authority in
regard to any particular wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof.