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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Forest Act, 1927 Section 51

POWER TO MAKE RULES AND PRESCRIBE PENALTIES

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Forest Act, 1927 Section 51 is part of Forest Act, 1927 - POWER TO MAKE RULES AND PRESCRIBE PENALTIES. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) The State Government may make rules to regulate the following matters, namely:"

(a) the salving, collection and disposal of all timber mentioned in section 45-;

(b) the use and registration of boats used in salving and collecting timber;

(c) the amounts to be paid for salving, collecting, moving, storing or disposing of such timber; and (d) the use and registration of hammers and other instruments to be used for marking such timber.

(2) The State Government may prescribe, as penalties for the contravention of any rules made under this section, imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both.

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What does Forest Act, 1927 Section 51 provide?

Section Section 51 of the Forest Act, 1927 (POWER TO MAKE RULES AND PRESCRIBE PENALTIES) 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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