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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Forest Act, 1927 Section 42

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULES MADE UNDER SECTION 41

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Forest Act, 1927 Section 42 is part of Forest Act, 1927 - PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULES MADE UNDER SECTION 41. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) The State Government may by such rules prescribe as penalties for the contravention thereof imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both.

(2) Such rules may provide that penalties which are double of those mentioned in sub- section (1) may be inflicted in cases where the offence is committed after sunset and before sunrise, or after preparation for resistance to lawful authority, or where the offender has been previously convicted of a like offence.

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What does Forest Act, 1927 Section 42 provide?

Section Section 42 of the Forest Act, 1927 (PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULES MADE UNDER SECTION 41) is reproduced on this page as part of the Forest Act, 1927. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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