.....It is hereby enacted as follows:- _____________________ 1. This Act has been declared to be in force in the Khondmals District by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), section 3 and Schedule; and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), section 3 and Schedule. This Act has been extended to :- (1) Berar (partially) by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941). (2) The Province of Coorg, see Coorg Gazette, 1930, Pt. I p. 94. (3) The Delhi Province, see Gazette of India, 1933, Pt. IIA, p. 293. (4) The whole of Madhya Pradesh, by M.P. Act 23 of 1958. (5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, by Reg. 6 of 1963, section 2 and Schedule I (w.e.f. 1.7.1965). (6) Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, section 3 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1.10.1963). (7) Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, section 3 and Schedule; and (8) Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindvi Islands by the Reg. 8 of 1965, section 3 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1.10.1967). (9) Sikkim by S.O. 1138 (E), dated 1st December, 1988 (w.e.f. 20.4.1989).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....1 [* * *] the 2 [State Government] in this behalf, may appoint to carry outall or any of the purposes of this Act or to do anything required by this Actor any rule made thereunder to be done by a Forest-officer;] in this behalf, may appoint to carry outall or any of the purposes of this Act or to do anything required by this Actor any rule made thereunder to be done by a Forest-officer; (3)"forest-offence" means an offence punishable under this Act or underany rule made thereunder; (4)"forest-produce" includes- (a) thefollowing whether found in, or brought from, a forest or not, that is tosay-timber, charcoal, caoutchouc, calechu, wood-oil, resin, natural varnish,bark, lac, mahua flowers, mahua seeds, 3 [kuth]and myrabolams, and (b) thefollowing when found in, or brought from a forest, that is to say- (i)treesand leaves, flowers and fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbeforementioned, of trees, (ii) plantsnot being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss), and all parts orproduce of such plants, (iii)wildanimals and skins, tusks, horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax, and allother parts or produce of animals, and (iv) peat,surface soil,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest Act, 1927. 1[ (2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States. (3) It applies to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Bihar, Bombay, Coorg, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; but the Government of any State may by notification in the Official Gazette bring this Act into force in the whole or any specified part of that State to which this Act extends and where it is not in force. ] ____________________ 1. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for sub-sections (2) and (3).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....1 [* * *] the 2 [State Government] in this behalf, may appoint to carry outall or any of the purposes of this Act or to do anything required by this Actor any rule made thereunder to be done by a Forest-officer;] in this behalf, may appoint to carry outall or any of the purposes of this Act or to do anything required by this Actor any rule made thereunder to be done by a Forest-officer; (3)"forest-offence" means an offence punishable under this Act or underany rule made thereunder; (4)"forest-produce" includes- (a) thefollowing whether found in, or brought from, a forest or not, that is tosay-timber, charcoal, caoutchouc, calechu, wood-oil, resin, natural varnish,bark, lac, mahua flowers, mahua seeds, 3 [kuth]and myrabolams, and (b) thefollowing when found in, or brought from a forest, that is to say- (i)treesand leaves, flowers and fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbeforementioned, of trees, (ii) plantsnot being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss), and all parts orproduce of such plants, (iii)wildanimals and skins, tusks, horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax, and allother parts or produce of animals, and (iv) peat,surface soil,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....strips off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages, the same; (g) quarries stone, burns lime or charcoal, or collects, subjects to any manufacturing process, or removes, any forest-produce; (h) clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or any other purpose; (i) in contravention of any rules made in this behalf by the1[ State Government ] hunts, shoots, fishes, poisons water or sets traps or snares; or ] hunts, shoots, fishes, poisons water or sets traps or snares; or (j) in any area in which the Elephants' Preservation Act, 1879 (6 of 1879), is not in force, kills or catches elephants in contravention of any rules so made, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, in addition to such compensation for damage done to the forest as the convicting Court may direct to be paid. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit- (a)1[ S tate Government ] ; or (b) the exercise of any right continued under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 15, or created by grant or contract in writing made by or on behalf of the Government under section.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThe1[ State Government ] may constitute any forest-land or waste-land which is the property of Government, or over which the Government has proprietary rights, or to the whole or any part of the forest-produce of which the Government is entitled, a reserved forest in the manner hereinafter provided. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....of any person in or over any land comprised within such limits or in or over any forest-produce, and to deal with the same as provided in this Chapter. Explanation.-For the purpose of clause (b), it shall be sufficient to describe the limits of the forest by roads, rivers, ridges or other well-known or readily intelligible boundaries. (2) The officer appointed under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall ordinarily be a person not holding any forest-office except that of Forest Settlement-officer. (3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the1[ State Government ] from appointing any number of officers not exceeding three, not more than one of whom shall be a person holding any forest-office except as aforesaid, to perform the duties of a Forest Settlement-officer under this Act. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAfter the issue of a notification under section 4, no right shall be acquired in or over the land comprised in such notification, except by succession or under a grant or contract in writing made or entered into by or on behalf of the1[ Government ] or some person in whom such right was vested when the notification was issued; and no fresh clearings for cultivation or for any other purpose shall be made in s uch land except in accordance with such rules as may be made by the2[ State Government ] in this behalf. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionWhen a notification has been issued under section 4, the Forest Settlement-officer shall publish in the local vernacular in every town and village in the neighbourhood of the land comprised therein, a proclamation (a) specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of the proposed forest; (b) explaining the consequences which, as hereinafter provided, will ensue on the reservation of such forest; and (c) fixing a period of not less than three months from the date of such proclamation, and requiring every person claiming any right mentioned in section 4 or section 5 within such period either to present to the Forest Settlement-officer a written notice specifying or to appear before him and state, the nature of such right and the amount and particulars of the compensation (if any) claimed in respect thereof.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThe Forest Settlement-officer shall take down in writing all statements made under section 6, and shall at some convenient place inquire into all claims duly preferred under that section, and the existence of any rights mentioned in section 4 or section 5 and not claimed under section 6 so far as the same may be ascertainable from the records of Government and the evidence of any persons likely to be acquainted with the same.
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