Act Info:Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1976
Chapter I
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section 3 - Establishment of the Tree Authority
Section 4 - Meetings of the Tree Authority
Chapter III
Section 5 - Appointment of Tree Officer
Section 6 - Appointment of other officers
Chapter IV
Section 7 - Duties of Tree Authority
Chapter V
Section 8 - Restriction on felling of Trees
Section 9 - Planting of adequate number of trees
Section 10 - Planting in place of fallen or destroyed trees
Section 11 - Preservation of trees
Section 12 - Adoption of trees
Section 13 - Recovery of expenditure on failure to comply with order for planting trees
Section 14 - Appeal
Chapter VI
Section 15 - Seizure of property
Section 16 - Power to release property seized under Sec. 15
Section 17 - Power to arrest without warrant
Section 18 - Power to release a person arrested
Section 19 - Power to prevent commission of offence
Section 20 - Operation of other laws not barred
Section 21 - Power to compound offences
Section 22 - Penalty
Chapter VII
Section 23 - Rules
Section 24 - Indemnity
Section 25 - Investing Tree Officer with certain powers
Section 26 - Transit of felled materials
Section 27 - Power of State Government and the Tree Authority to give directions
Section 27A - Exemption of certain areas from the operation of this Act
Section 28 - Karnataka Forest Act. 1963 not affected
Section 29 - Repeal of Karnataka Ordinance No. 14 of 1976