Control of International Trade of Endangered Wild Fauna and Flora Act, 2017.

This Act is enacted to implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1973 to which Nepal is a party and for regulation and control of international trade thereof. The Act consists of 7 Chapters: Preliminary (I); Provisions concerning Transactions of Endangered wild fauna or flora or specimen thereof (II); Provisions concerning Registration of the Endangered wild fauna or flora or specimen thereof (III); Provisions concerning Management Authority and Scientific Authority (IV); Offences and Punishment (V); Investigation and filing of cases (VI); Miscellaneous provisions (VII).
A threatened or vulnerable wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof may be purchased, sold, possessed, used, captive breaded, transported, imported or exported for the purposes as follows, having obtained a license and subject to the prescribed terms and conditions as prescribed in Article 3. An endangered wild fauna or flora or a specimen thereof imported to Nepal shall be registered. While importing a specimen of any protected wild fauna or flora, the certificate of origin and export license of the country getting such species of wild fauna or flora included in Appendix -3 of the Convention shall be required. A Fund may be created for conservation, and promotion of endangered wild fauna or flora or specimen thereof or for studies and researches thereon.