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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Forest Act, 1963 Section 37

Preservation of Private Forests

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Forest Act, 1963 Section 37 is part of Forest Act, 1963 - Preservation of Private Forests. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) No owner of any forest and no person claiming under him, whether by virtue of a contract, licence or any other transaction entered into before or after this Act comes into force, or any other person shall, without the previous permission of the1[ Deputy Conservator of Forest], cut or girdle trees or do any act likely to denude the forest, or diminish its utility as a forest:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to the removal of fallen trees or any act done for the usual or customary domestic purposes or for making agricultural implements for bona fide use of the owner.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may, by notification, and for reasons to be specified in such notification, exempt any class of forests, or class of trees or any forest produce therein from all or any of the provisions of this section.

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1. Substituted by Act 20 of 2001 w.e.f. 5.9.2002.

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What does Forest Act, 1963 Section 37 provide?

Section Section 37 of the Forest Act, 1963 (Preservation of Private Forests) is reproduced on this page as part of the Forest Act, 1963. 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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