Act Info:Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA PRESERVATION OF TREE ACT, 1976
Chapter 1
Section 1 - Short title, extent and Commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter 2
Section 3 - Establishment of the Tree Authority
Section 4 - Meetings of the Tree Authority
Chapter 3
Section 5 - Appointment of Tree Officer
Section 6 - Appointment of other officers
Chapter 4
Section 7 - Duties of Tree Authority
Chapter 5
Section 8 - Restriction on felling of Trees
Section 8A - Cancellation or suspension of permission granted under section 8.
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 6
Section 15 - Seizure of property
Section 15A - Powers of Tree officer in the matter of investigation
Section 15B - Report by Tree Officer
Section 16 - Power to release property seized under section 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
Section 22A - Offences by companies
Chapter 7
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
Schedule 1 - SCHEDULE I
Schedule 2 - SCHEDULE II