Act Text
Chapter1 - PRELIMINARY
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
Chapter2 - Tree Authority
Section3 - Establishment of the Tree Authority
Section4 - Meeting of the Tree Authority
Section5 - Appointment of Tree Officer.-The Government may appoint one or more Forest Officers of the rank not below that a Deputy
Chapter4 - Duties Of Tree Authority
Section7 - Duties of Tree Authority.-Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Tree
Chapter5 - Restrictions On Felling And Removal Of Trees And Liabilities For Preservation Of
Chapter5 (2) - Restrictions On Felling And Removal Of Trees And Liabilities For Preservation Of
Chapter5 (2) - Restrictions On Felling And Removal Of Trees And Liabilities For Preservation Of
Section8 - Restrictions on felling and removal of trees.-Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in
Section9 - Procedure for obtaining permission to fell, cut, remove or dispose of, a tree
Section10 - Obligation to plant trees.-Every person, who is granted permission under this Act to fell or dispose of any tree, shall
Section11 - Preservation of trees
Section12 - Implementation of order made or direction given under sections 9 and 10 and recovery of expenditure on failure to
Section13 - Adoption of trees.-Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, the
Section14 - Appeal
Chapter6 - Penalties And Procedure
Section15 - Seizure of property.-Where the Tree Officer has reasons to believe that an offence under this Act has been committed in
Section16 - Forfeiture of timber and other produce from the tree, implements used for felling and the vehicle and animals used for
Section17 - Power to release property seized under section 15.-The Tree Officer may release the property seized under section 15 if
Section18 - Power to arrest without warrant
Section19 - Power to release person arrested.-Any officer, who has arrested any person under the provision of sub-section
Section20 - Power to prevent commission of offence.-Every Tree Officer or his subordinates or any Forest, Revenue or Police Officer
Section21 - Power to compound offence
Section22 - Contravention of Act to be reported by certain officers.-It shall be the duty of every Forest Officer, Panchayat
Section23 - Offences by organisations.-If the person committing an offence under this Act, is an organisation, the organization as
Section24 - Penalty
Chapter7 - Miscellaneous
Section26 - Officers to be public servants.-The officers exercising powers or discharging any duties or functions under the Act,
Section27 - Bar of proceedings.-No suit or proceedings shall lie against the Government or any person empowered to exercise power
Section28 - Execution of order for payment of money.-Any sum, including any amount of composition of an offence, the payment of
Section29 - Power of the Government to exempt.-Subject to such conditions, if any, as may be imposed, the Government may, if it
Section30 - Power of the Government for preservation of trees
Section31 - Investing Trees Officer with certain powers
Section32 - Transit of felled material.-The provisions of sections 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927
Section33 - Power of the Government to give directions.-The Government may, from time to time, give to the Tree Officers, other
Section34 - Power to make rules
Section35 - Provision of this Act to be in addition to any other law for the time being in force.- Nothing in this Act shall be
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