Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent any person from being prosecuted under any other law for the time being in force, for any act or omission which constitutes an offence against this Act or from being liable under such other law to any higher punishment or penalty than that provided by this Act: Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence. ' ' We are unable to accept the contention of Shri R.F. Nariman that the specific allegation in the present case concerns the specific act of killing of an elephant, al1d that such an offence at all events, falls within the overlapping areas between of sec 42 '), IPC on the one hand and 9(1) read with 50(l) of the Act on the other and therefore constitutes the same offence Apart from the fact that This argument does not serve to support the order of the High Court in the present case, this argument is, even on its theoretical possibilities, more attractive than sound.