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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 63

Penalty for Counterfeiting or Defacing Marks on Trees and Timber and for Altering Boundary Marks

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Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 63 is part of Indian Forest Act, 1927 - Penalty for Counterfeiting or Defacing Marks on Trees and Timber and for Altering Boundary Marks. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whoever, with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or (o any person, or to cause wrongful gain as defined in the Indian Penal Code

(a) knowingly counterfeits upon any timber or standing tree a mark used by Forest-officers to indicate that such timber or tree is the property of the Government or of some person, or that it may lawfully be cut or removed by some person; or

(b) alters, defaces or obliterates any such mark placed on a tree or on timber by or under the authority of a Forest-officer; or

(c) alters, moves, destroys or defaces any boundary-mark of any forest or wasteland to which the provisions of this Act are applied,

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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What does Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 63 provide?

Section Section 63 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Penalty for Counterfeiting or Defacing Marks on Trees and Timber and for Altering Boundary Marks) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian 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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