Section 18
Scientific Authority
(1) For the purpose of this Act, the following agencies shall be regarded as the Scientific Authority:-
a) Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University in case of wild fauna or specimen thereof;
b) Department of Plants Resources in case of 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 Scientific Authority in case
of any particular wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof.
a) Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University in case of wild fauna or specimen thereof;
b) Department of Plants Resources in case of 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 Scientific Authority in case
of any particular wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof.