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Forest Act, 1927 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....1927 21st September, 1927 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The general law relating to forests in British India is contained in the Indian Forest Act, 1878and its amending Acts. The present Bill brings the law together within the scope of one enactment. The Bill is a straightforward consolidating Bill but the original Act having been passed before the General Clauses Act of 1897 (10 of 1897), it has been possible to shorten the language of the Bill by taking advantage of that Act. The ambiguous language of the second paragraph of section 42 of Act 7 of 1878has been altered in clause 42(2) so as to bring it into conformity with what appears to have been the original intention of the law. The only other point which calls for further notice is the extent clause. The original Act extended to the Province of Assam, but by Regulation 7 of 1891the Indian Forest Act, 1878was repealed as far as it relates to Assam. The Bill accordingly omits Assam from the extent clause. The Bill to consolidate the law relating to forests and the transit of forest produce was passed and further assented by Governor-General of India on 21st September, 1927 and became a Central Act under the short title.....

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Chapter 2

Title: Of Reserved Forests

State: Central

Year: 1927

..... (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. Section 7 - Inquiry by Forest Settlement-officer The 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. Section 8 - Powers of Forest Settlement-officers For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlement-officer may exercise the following powers, that is to say: (a) power to enter, by himself or any officer authorised by him for the purpose, upon any land, and to survey, demarcate and.....

Lighthouse Act, 1927 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....certain changes which have become necessary by reason of the repeal and replacement of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 and the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923 by the Customs Act, 1962 and the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 respectively. Accordingly, the references in the Act to the Customs Collector under the Sea Customs Act, 1878 are proposed to be replaced by references to the proper officer as defined in the Customs Act, 1962. Likewise, it is proposed to provide that the various words and expressions used but not defined in the Act would have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. Further, the provisions relating to ascertainment of tonnage contained in section 12of the Act are proposed to be suitably modified so as to bring them in conformity with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the rules made there under. 6. It is also proposed to avail of the present opportunity to include the usual provision for laying of rules before each House of Parliament, in section 21of the Act relating to the power to make rules. 7. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects Gaz. of India, 6-1-1976, Pt. II, S.2, Ext., p. 91. Act 66 of 1985.- The Lighthouse Act.....

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Chapter 13

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....upon the condition of duly performing any service connected with such forest, such share shall be liable to confiscation in the event of the fact being established to the satisfaction of the1[ State Government ] that such service is no longer so performed: Provided that no such share be confiscated until the person entitled thereto, and the evidence, if any, which he may produce in proof of the due performance of such service, have been heard by an officer duly appointed in that behalf by the1[ State Government ] . ] . ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for " Provincial Government". Section 82 - Recovery of money due to Government All money payable to the Government under this Act, or under any rule made under this Act, or on account of the price of any forest-produce, or of expenses incurred in the execution of this Act in respect of such produce, may, if not paid when due, be recovered under the law for the time being in force as if it were an arrear of land-revenue. Section 83 - Lien on forest-produce for such money (1) When any such money is payable for or in respect of any forest-produce, the amount thereof shall deemed to be a.....

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 79

Title: Persons Bound to Assist Forest-officers and Police-officers

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....the offender. (2) Any person who, being bound so to do, without lawful excuse (the burden of proving which shall lie upon such person) fails- (a) to furnish without unnecessary delay to the nearest Forest-officer or Police-officer any information required by sub-section (1); (b) to take steps, as required by sub-section (1), to extinguish any forest fire in a reserved or protected forest; (c) to prevent, as required by sub-section (1), any fire in the vicinity of such forest from spreading to such forest; or (d) to assist any Forest-officer or Police officer demanding his aid in preventing the commission in such forest of any forest-offence, or, when there is reason to believe that any such offence has been committed in such forest, in discovering and arresting the offender, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown ".

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 23

Title: No Right Acquired over Reserved Forest, Except as Here Provided

State: Central

Year: 1927

No right of any description shall be acquired in or over a reserved forest except by succession or under a grant or contract in writing made by or on behalf of the1[ Government ] or some person in whom such right was vested when the notification under section 20 was issued. ] or some person in whom such right was vested when the notification under section 20 was issued. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted the A.O. 1950, for "Crown ".

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Chapter 9

Title: Penalties and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....decay, and may deal with the proceeds as he would have dealt with such property if it had not been sold. Section 59 - Appeal from orders under section 55, section 56 or section 57 The officer who made the seizure under section 52, or any of his official superiors, or any person claiming to be interested in the property so seized, may, within one month from the date of any order passed under section 55, section 56 or section 57, appeal the refrom to the Court to which orders made by such Magistrate are ordinarily appealable, and the order passed on such appeal shall be final. Section 60 - Property when to vest in Government When an order for the confiscation of any property has been passed under section 55 or section 57, as the case may be, and the period limited by section 59 for an appeal from such order has elapsed, and no such appeal has been preferred, or when, on such an appeal being preferred, the Appellate Court confirms such order in respect of the whole or a portion of such property, such property or such portion thereof, as the case may be, shall vest in the Government free from all incumbrances. Section 61 - Saving of power to release property seized .....

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 63

Title: Penalty for Counterfeiting or Defacing Marks on Trees and Timber and for Altering Boundary Marks

State: Central

Year: 1927

Whoever, with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or (o any person, or to cause wrongful gain as defined in the Indian Penal Code (a) knowingly counterfeits upon any timber or standing tree a mark used by Forest-officers to indicate that such timber or tree is the property of the Government or of some person, or that it may lawfully be cut or removed by some person; or (b) alters, defaces or obliterates any such mark placed on a tree or on timber by or under the authority of a Forest-officer; or (c) alters, moves, destroys or defaces any boundary-mark of any forest or wasteland to which the provisions of this Act are applied, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 5

Title: Bar of Accrual of Forest-rights

State: Central

Year: 1927

After 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".

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 7

Title: Inquiry by Forest Settlement-officer

State: Central

Year: 1927

The 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.