(1) All timber or forest produce which is not the property of Government and in respect of which a forest offence has been committed and all tools, boats, vehicles and cattle used in committing any forest offence,1[shall, subject to section 71G, be liable] by order of the convicting court to forfeiture to the State Government.
(2) Such forfeiture may be in addition to any other punishment prescribed for such offence.
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1. Substituted by Act 1 of 1981 w.e.f. 23.2.1981.