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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Forest Act, 1963 Section 82A

Criminal Liability of Licencee for Acts of Servants

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Forest Act, 1963 Section 82A is part of Forest Act, 1963 - Criminal Liability of Licencee for Acts of Servants. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[82A. Criminal liability of licencee for acts of servants

Where any offence under this Act or rules made thereunder, is committed by any person in the employment and acting on behalf of the holder of a licence or permit granted under this Act, such holder shall also be punishable with a fine which may extend to rupees fifteen thousand as if he had committed the said offence unless he establishes that all due and reasonable precautions were exercised by him to prevent the commission of such offence:

Provided that no person other than the actual offender shall be punishable with imprisonment except in default or payment of fine.]

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1. Sections 82A and 82B inserted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998.

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What does Forest Act, 1963 Section 82A provide?

Section Section 82A of the Forest Act, 1963 (Criminal Liability of Licencee for Acts of Servants) 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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