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The Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forest Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1949

.....Government as defined in that Act. Explanation - A private forest exceeding 2 hectares in extent shall not cease to be such by reason only of the fact that, in a portion thereof trees, shrubs or reeds are felled or cut with or without the permission of the Committee or lands are cultivated, or rocks, roads, tanks, rivers or the like exist nor shall the area of such forest cease to be contiguous by reason only of the existence of all or any of the aforesaid circumstance. (3) It shall come into force at once 2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (a) 'Committee' means any Committee constituted under Section 2A and having jurisdiction (aa) 'Forest' includes waste or communal land containing trees, shrubs and reeds; pasture land and any other class of land declared by the State Government, to be a forest by notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette; Explanation - For the purpose of the clause, 'communal land' means any land of the description mentioned in sub clause (a) or sub-clause (b) of clause (16) of section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908; (b) 'owner' in relation to a forest includes a mortgage lessee or.....

Maharashtra Forest Development (Tax on Sale of Forest Produce by Government or Forest Development Corporation) (Continuance) Act, 1983 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1983

.....fuel, small timber and fodder of the rural population, supply of raw materials for forest based industries, etc., is well recognised. There is, in fact, a pressing necessity to undertake a massive programme of afforestation, not only to bring under vegetal cover denuded forest areas on ecological grounds, but also to bridge speedily the widening gap between the demand for, and the supply of, forest-produce, both for domestic and industrial consumption. As this calls for allocation of more financial resources for forest development programmes urgently, there was a pressing need to mobilise additional resources for this purpose. 2. It was, therefore, proposed to raise the necessary additional resources by levy and collection of a forest development tax on the sale of forest-produce by or on behalf of the State Government and the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited, at the rate of five percent, of the sale price, which will be in addition to any other tax payable in respect of the sale or purchase of the same forest-produce under the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959 or any other law for the time being in force, The proceeds of the said tax, after deducting the expenses.....

Forest Act, 1963 Chapter 5

Title: Control over Forests and Lands Not Being the Property of the Government

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

..... (vii) the quarrying of stones or the burning of lime or charcoal or the collection or removal of any forest produce or its subjection to any manufacturing process; (b) regulate in any forest the regeneration of forests and their protection from fire; (c) regulate the exercise of customary and prescriptive rights in such forest or forests. (2) When such regulation or prohibition appears necessary, the State Government may, by notification, provide,- (a) for the conservation of trees and forests; (b) for the preservation of and improvement of soil or the reclamation of saline or water logged land, the prevention of land slips or the formation of ravines and torrents or the protection of land against erosion, or the deposit thereon of sand, stones or gravel; (c) for the improvement of grazing; (d) for the maintenance of water supply in springs, rivers and tanks; (e) for the maintenance, increase and distribution of the supply of fodder, leaf manure, timber or fuel; (f) for the maintenance of reservoirs, or irrigation works and hydro-electric works; (g) for protection against storms, wind, rolling stones, floods and drought; (h) for the protection of roads,.....

Forest Act, 1963 Section 37

Title: Preservation of Private Forests

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

(1) No owner of any forest and no person claiming under him, whether by virtue of a contract, licence or any other transaction entered into before or after this Act comes into force, or any other person shall, without the previous permission of the1[ Deputy Conservator of Forest], cut or girdle trees or do any act likely to denude the forest, or diminish its utility as a forest: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to the removal of fallen trees or any act done for the usual or customary domestic purposes or for making agricultural implements for bona fide use of the owner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may, by notification, and for reasons to be specified in such notification, exempt any class of forests, or class of trees or any forest produce therein from all or any of the provisions of this section. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 2001 w.e.f. 5.9.2002.

The Kerala Promotion of Tree Growth in Nonforest Areas Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2005

.....or any officer or authority or any other person for anything which is, in good faith done, or purporting to have been done under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder. 15. Power to make rules .-The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued or made, before the Legislative Assembly, while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be issued, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification or rule. 16. Power to remove difficulties .--(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Government may, by order.....

The Orissa Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1947

.....in this behalf. The officer shall pass such orders on the appeal as may think fit. 5. Penalties "(1) Who ever contravenes the provisions of sub section 2 of section 3 or any of the term of a notification under sub section 4 of that section shall be punishable for the first offence with fine which may extent to Rs. 2000 and for a second or subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extent to 2 years or with fine which may extent to 5000 rupees or with both. (2) Not withstanding anything contented in section 322 of the code of Criminal procedure, V of 1893, it shall be lawful for any magistrate of the first-class, specially empowered by the state government in this behalf, to impose a fine exceeding Rs. 1000. 6. Bar of suits " No order made under this act either by the state government or by an officer authorized by them and no notification issued by the government under sub section 4 0f section 3 shall be called in question in any court of law. 7. Power to Make Rules " (1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purpose of this act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the fore going power such rules may provide for- (a) The classes or.....

The Orissa Soil Conservation Act, 1965 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1965

.....in the execution of such scheme; (b) the nature and scope of the scheme; (c) the economic conditions of the beneficiaries; and (d) any other factor as the State Government may consider relevant in that behalf; by notified order giving reasons thereof, specify whether or not the whole or any part of the aforesaid costs may be recovered from the beneficiaries or any section thereof and the amount, if any, that may be so recovered and thereupon the Collector shall recover the said amount from such beneficiaries in such portion and in such instalments as he may, by order, determine: Provided that the Collector in apportioning the costs amongst such beneficiaries shall have regard to the extent of the benefits conferred by the scheme. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Collector under Sub-section (1) may, before the expiry of thirty days from the date of such order appeal to the State Government in the prescribed manner and the orders of the State Government passed in such appeal shall be final. Section 18 - Liability to maintain and repair (1) Every beneficiary in respect of any scheme executed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any scheme.....