The Minister may from time to time by notice in the gazette provide for the establishment of flora reserves, botanic gardens and protection of special habitats (sect. 3) and may include or delete from the Schedule A, B or C to this Act the name of any species or kind of plant or group of plants (sect. 4). Section 5 prohibits the unlawful picking of a plant included in schedules A, B, C or growing in a flora reserve or special habitat or botanic garden (“protected flora”). The Minister may grant