Section 20
Offences Deemed To Be Committed
In case anyone commits any of the following acts, shall be deemed to have committed an offence under this Act:-
a) Purchasing, selling, possessing, using, rearing, planting, upbringing, captive breeding, transporting, importing or
exporting a threatened or vulnerable wild fauna or flora or a sample thereof or cause to do so in contravention of Section 3;
b) Purchasing, selling, possessing, using, rearing, planting, upbringing, captive breeding, transporting, importing or
exporting a protected wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof or cause to do so in contravention of Section 8;
c) Failing to register an endangered species of a wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof pursuant to Section 13 or 14;
d) Transferring title or changing ownership of an endangered species of a wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof
pursuant to Section 15;
e) Committing any act in contravention of this Act or Rules framed hereunder, other than those referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d).