Act Text
Preamble1 - Karnataka Forest Act, 1963
Chapter1 - Preliminary
Section1 - Short Title, Extent and Commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter2 - Reserved Forests
Section3 - Powers to Constitute Reserved Forests
Section4 - Notification by Government
Section5 - Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer
Section6 - Bar of Accrual of Forest Rights
Section7 - Inquiry by Forest Settlement Officer
Section8 - Powers of Forest Settlement Officer
Section9 - Extinction of Rights
Section10 - Treatment of Claims Relating to Shifting Cultivation
Section11 - Power to Acquire Land over Which Right is Claimed
Section12 - Order on Claims to Rights of Way or Pasture or to Forest Produce or Water
Section13 - Record to Be Made Where Claim is Admitted
Section14 - Exercise of Rights Admitted
Section15 - Compensation for Rights
Section16 - Appeal from Order Passed Under Section 11, Section 12, Section 14 or Section 15
Section17 - Notification Declaring Forest a Reserved Forest
Section18 - Publication of Notification
Section19 - Power to Revise Arrangements Made Under Section 14 and to Redefine the Limitsof Reserved Forests in Certain Cases
Section20 - No Right Acquired over Reserved Forest Except as Provided
Section21 - Alienation of Right in Reserved Forest
Section22 - Power Tostop Ways and Water Courses in Reserved Forests
Section23 - Reserved Forests Constituted Previous to Passing of This Act
Section24 - Acts Prohibited in Reserved Forests
Section25 - Acts Excepted from Section 24
Section26 - Privileges May Be Granted in Reserved Forests
Section27 - Penalties for Offences Committed by Persons Having Rights in Reserved Forest
Section28 - Power to Declare Forests No Longer Reserved Forests
Chapter3 - Village Forests
Section29 - Constitution of Village Forests
Section30 - Power to Make Rules for Village Forests
Section31 - Inquiry into and Settlement of Rights
Section31A - Constitution of Village Forest Committee for Joint Forest Planning and Management of Forest
Chapter4 - District Forests
Section32 - Power to Grant Privileges in District Forests
Section33 - Power to Make Rules for District Forests
Section34 - Suspension of Rights in Cases of Fires Caused Wilfully or by Gross Negligence
Section35 - Minor Forests Constituted Previous to the Commencement of This Act
Chapter5 - Control over Forests and Lands Not Being the Property of the Government
Section36 - Interpretations
Section37 - Preservation of Private Forests
Section38 - Power to Make Rules
Section39 - Protection of Forests for Special Purposes
Section40 - Appeals
Section41 - Penalties
Section42 - Bar Ofsuits
Section43 - Power to Assume Management of Forests
Section44 - Consequences of Assumption of Management
Section45 - Period of Management
Section46 - Termination of Management
Section47 - Government Management of Forests at Request of Owners
Section48 - Acquisition of Forests in Certain Cases
Section49 - Power to Remove Difficulties
Chapter6 - Control of Timber and Other Forest Produce in Transit
Section50 - Power to Make Rules to Regulate Transit of Forest Produce
Section51 - The State Government and Forest Officer Not Liable for Damage to Forest Produce at Depot
Section52 - All Persons Bound to Aid in Case of Accident at Depot
Chapter7 - Collection of Drift and Stranded Timber
Section53 - Certain Kinds of Timbers to Be Deemed Property of State Government Until Title Thereto Proved
Section54 - Notice to Claimants of Drift Timber
Section55 - Procedure on Claim Preferred to Such Timber
Section56 - Disposal of Unclaimed Timber
Section57 - State Government and Its Officers Not Liable for Damage to Such Timber
Section58 - Payments to Be Made by Claimant Before Timber is Delivered to Him
Section59 - Power to Make Rules
Chapter8 - Cattle Trespass
Section60 - Application of Cattle Trespass Act, 1871
Section61 - Power to Alter Fines Fixed Under That Act
Chapter9 - Penalties and Procedure
Section62 - Seizure of Property Liable to Confiscation
Section62A - Powers of Forest Officer in the Matter of Investigation
Section62B - Report by Investigation Officer
Section62C - Certificate of Forest Officer to Be an Evidence
Section63 - Power to Release Property Seized Under Section 62
Section64 - Omitted
Section64A - Penalty for Unauthorisedly Taking Possession of Land Constituted as Reserved Forest,district Forest, Village Forest, Protected Forest and Any Other Land Under the Control of the Forest Department
Section65 - Forest Produce, Tools, Etc., when Liable to Forfeiture
Section66 - Disposal, on Conclusion of Trial for Forest Offence, of Produce in Respect of Which It Was Committed
Section67 - Procedure when Offender is Not Known or Cannot Be Found
Section68 - Procedure as to Perishable Property Seized Under Section 62
Section69 - Appeal from Orders Under Sections 65, 66 and 67
Section70 - Vesting of Forfeited Property in State Government
Section71 - Saving of Power to Release Property Seized
Section71A - Confiscation by Forest Officers in Certain Cases
Section71B - Issue of Show Cause Notice Before Confiscation Under Section 71a
Section71C - Revision
Section71D - Appeal
Section71E - Award of Confiscation Not to Interfere with Other Punishments
Section71F - Property Confiscated when to Vest in Government
Section71G - Bar of Jurisdiction in Certain Cases
Section72 - Punishment for Wrongful Seizure
Section73 - Penalty for Counterfeiting or Defacing Marks on Trees or Timber and for Altering Boundary Marks
Section74 - Power to Arrest Without Warrant
Section75 - Power to Release on a Bond a Person Arrested
Section76 - Power to Prevent Commission of Offence
Section76A - Prevention of Commission of Offences Etc.
Section77 - Power to Try Offences Summarily
Section78 - Operation of Other Laws Not Barred
Section79 - Power to Compound Offences
Section80 - Presumption That Forest Produce Belongs to Government
Section81 - Compensation for Damage Caused by Commission of Offence
Section82 - Forfeiture of Leases
Section82A - Criminal Liability of Licencee for Acts of Servants
Section82B - Offence by Companies Etc.
Chapter10 - Provisions Relating to Sandalwood
Section83 - Rights of Certain Persons Entitled to Sandal Trees
Section84 - Presumption in Case of Sandal Wood
Section85 - Responsibility of Occupants and Holders of Land for the Preservation of Sandal Trees Etc.
Section86 - Penalty for Offence in Regard to Sandalwood
Section87 - Regulation of Sale and Manufacture of Sandalwood and Sandalwood Oil
Chapter11 - Special Provisions Relating to Catechu
Section88 - Definitions
Section89 - Felling, Etc., of Catechu Trees Without Permission Prohibited
Section90 - Felling, Conversion or Removal of Catechu Trees by the Forest or Revenue Department or by a Person
Section91 - Application for Permit for Felling Catechu Trees
Section92 - Transport, Etc., of Catechu Trees or Timber Without Permit Prohibited
Section93 - Purchase or Transport of Cutch Without Permit Prohibited
Section94 - Manufacture of Cutch to Be Carried on in Specified Places
Section95 - Maintenance of Accounts
Section96 - Power of Revenue, Forest and Police Officers to Search and Seize Property Liable to Confiscation
Section97 - Power to Make Rules
Section98 - Penalty
Chapter11A - Forest Development Tax
Section98A - Levy of Forest Development Tax
Section98B - Forest Development Fund
Chapter12 - Miscellaneous
Section99 - The State Government May Invest Forest Officers with Certain Powers
Section100 - Removal of Forest Produce from Inam Lands
Section101 - Control over Reserved Trees
Section101A - Grant of Forest Produce on Seigniorage Rate
Section101B - Supply of Forest Produce Under Agreement by the State Government
Section102 - General Powers to Make Rules
Section103 - Rules to Be Laid Before State Legislature
Section104 - Penalties for Contravention of Act or Rules
Section104A - Restrictions on Trade and Transport of Blackwood or Bite Trees and Timber Thereof
Section104B - Certain Offences to Be Cognizable
Section104C - Abetment
Section104D - Special Provision Regarding Bail
Section104E - Omitted
Section104F - Persons Not Be Released on Probation
Section104G - Removal of Persons Convicted of Certain Offences
Section105 - Persons Bound to Assist Forest Officers
Section106 - Management of Forests Which Are the Joint Property of State Government and Other Persons
Section107 - Power of State Government to Apply Provisions of This Act to Certain Lands of State Government or Local Authority
Section108 - Failure to Perform Service for Which a Share in Produce of Government Forest is Enjoyed
Section109 - Recovery of Money Due to Government
Section110 - Lien on Forest Produce for Such Money
Section111 - Land Required Under This Act to Be Deemed to Be Needed for a Public Purpose Under the Land Acquisition Act
Section112 - Recovery of Penalties Due Under Bond
Section113 - Forest Officers Deemed to Be Public Servants
Section114A - Suits or Prosecution in Respect of Acts Done Under Colour of Duty Not to Be Entertained Without Sanction of the State Government
Section115 - Forest Officer Not to Trade
Section116 - Central Act No. 67 of 1957 to Prevail
Section117 - Repeal and Savings
Section118 - Power to Remove Difficulties
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