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Preservation of Trees Act,1976 Section 9 - Bare Act

StateKarnataka Government
Year
Section TitlePlanting of Adequate Number of Trees
Act Info:

(1) Every owner or occupant of a land shall, within a period of five years from the appointed day or within such extended period as the Tree Authority may specify, plant trees so as to conform to the standards prescribed by the said Tree Authority under clause (c) of section 7.

(2) If in the opinion of the tree Officer the number of trees in any land is not adequate according to the standards referred to in sub-section (1), the Tree Officer may, by order giving a reasonable opportunity to the owner or occupier of the land of making representation, require him to plant such trees, or additional trees, as the case may be, and at such places in the land as may be specified in the order.

(3) The owner or occupier of the land shall comply with such order within thirty days from the receipt thereof or such extended time as the Tree Officer may allow in this behalf.




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