law: The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
  Chapter II Regulation
  
  of Access to Biological Diversity
  3. Certain persons
  
  not to undertake Biodiversity related activities without approval of National
  
  Biodiversity Authority.-
  1.  
  
    No
  
  person referred to in sub-section (2) shall, without previous approval of the
  
  National Biodiversity Authority, obtain any biol gical resource occurring in
  
  India or knowledge associated thereto for research or for commercial
  
  utilisation or for bio-survey and bio-utilisation.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  persons who shall be required to take the approval of the National Biodiversity
  
  Authority under sub-section (1) are the following, namely:-
  a.   a person who is not a
  
  citizen of India;
  b.   a citizen of India,
  
  who is a non-resident as defined in clause (30) of section 2 of the Income-tax
  
  Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);
  c.   a body corporate,
  
  association or organisation-
   
  
   i.  
  
    not
  
  incorporated or registered in India; or
   
  
   ii.  
  
    incorporated
  
  or registered in India under any law for the time being in force which has any
  
  non-Indian participation in its share capital or management.