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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Forest Act, 1963 Section 62C

Certificate of Forest Officer to Be an Evidence

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Forest Act, 1963 Section 62C is part of Forest Act, 1963 - Certificate of Forest Officer to Be an Evidence. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[62C. Certificate of Forest Officer to be an evidence

Any document purporting to be a certificate under the hand of a Forest Officer not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer who has undergone training in the examination of forest produce and who is so authorised by the State Government in this behalf in respect of forest produce, submitted to him for examination and report, may be used as evidence of the facts stated in such certificate in any proceedings under this Act; but the court may, if it things fit, and shall on the application of the prosecution or the accused person summon and examine any such Forest Officer as to the subject matter of his certificate.]

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1. Sections 62A to 62C inserted by Act 20 of 2000 w.e.f. 4.10.2000.

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What does Forest Act, 1963 Section 62C provide?

Section Section 62C of the Forest Act, 1963 (Certificate of Forest Officer to Be an Evidence) 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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