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1.3.2 Export policy The Export Policy permits re-export of commodities except to the extent such exports are regulated by any other provisions of this Policy or any other law for the time being in force. Items prohibited for export are not permitted to be carried in the personal baggage also. It is worth mentioning that all forms of wild life including their parts and products are prohibited for export except in cases where it is specifically allowed under different parts of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items. Peacock tail feathers which were earlier allowed for Export under a limited ceiling are now prohibited for Export. Export of exotic birds except 6 species listed under Table B of Schedule 2 is also prohibited at present. Further, the Ministry oof Commerce vide Public Notice No.47 (PN) 92-97 dated 30.3.1994 had prohibited the exports of a number of plants, plant portions and their derivatives if obtained, from wild. This list has been amended from time to time."

26. The second limb of this ground of attack is that Chapter 3 of the Current Foreign Trade Policy as amended by the notification dated 06.02.2015, contains a Note. Note 1 reads as follows:

"Note-1: The term "Marine Products" in this Chapter covers all the eight digit EXIM Codes in the Chapter of the ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import items. All marine species that have been included in the schedules of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 are prohibited for exports and other species listed in CITES are subject to the provisions of the CITES."