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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Forest Act, 1963 Section 77

Power to Try Offences Summarily

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Forest Act, 1963 Section 77 is part of Forest Act, 1963 - Power to Try Offences Summarily. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The District Magistrate or any magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the State Government may try summarily under the1[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974)], any forest offence punishable with imprisonment, which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

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1. Substituted by Act 10 of 1989 w.e.f. 16.3.1989.

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What does Forest Act, 1963 Section 77 provide?

Section Section 77 of the Forest Act, 1963 (Power to Try Offences Summarily) 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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