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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.....

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 The original Act extended to the Province of Assam, but by Regulation 7 of 1891the Indian Forest Act, 1878was repealed as far as it relates to Assam.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.....

Forest Act, 1963 Chapter 2

Title: Reserved Forests

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....Act (1) Any forest which has been notified as a State Forest under the Mysore Forest Act, 1900, or as a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the Madras Forest Act, 1882, or the Hyderabad Forest Act, 1355F, prior to the date on which this Act comes into force, shall be a reserved forest under this Act: Provided that if the rights of private persons to or over any land or forest produce in such forest shall not have been inquired into, settled and recorded in a manner which the State Government deems sufficient, the same shall be inquired into, settled and recorded in the manner provided by this Act; and until such inquiry, settlement and record have been completed, the operation of this section shall not abridge, or affect such rights. (2) All questions decided, orders issued and records prepared in connection with the constitution of such forest as a State Forest or reserved forest shall be deemed to have been decided, issued and prepared under this Act, and the provisions of this Act relating to reserved forests shall apply to forests to which the provisions of sub-section (1) are applicable. Section 24 - Acts prohibited in reserved forests Any person.....

Forest Act, 1963 Chapter 5

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

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....(2), construct at its own expense, in any forest, such work as it thinks fit. Section 40 - Appeals Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-section (1) of section 37, in regard to the sanction or the permission referred to in that sub-section may, within thirty days from the date of the receipt of the order, prefer an appeal in writing to the Deputy Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner after following the prescribed procedure may pass such orders thereon as he deems fit. Section 41 - Penalties (1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 37 or of the rules framed under section 38 or any of the terms of a notification under section 39, shall, without prejudice to any other action under this Act, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine or with both. 1[(2) x x x] ______________________ 1. Omitted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998. Section 42 - Bar of suits No order of the State Government or a Forest Officer not below the rank of a1[Deputy Conservator of Forest] under this Chapter and no notification issued by the State Government under section 39, shall be liable to be questioned.....

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 26

Title: Acts Prohibited in Such Forests

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....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.....

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Chapter 11

Title: Of Forest-officers

State: Central

Year: 1927

..... 2. See Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). Section 73 - Forest officers deemed public servants All Forest-officers shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860). Section 74 - Indemnity for acts done in good faith No suit shall lie against any public servant for anything done by him in good faith under this Act. Section 75 - Forest-officers not to trade Except with the permission in writing of the1[ State Government ] , no Forest-officer shall, as principal or agent, trade in timber or other forest-produce, or be or become interested in any lease of any forest or in any contract for working any forest, whether in or outside 2[ the territories to which this Act extends ]. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the Adaption of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Part A States and Part C States".

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 17

Title: Appeal from Order Passed Under Section 11, Section 12, Section 15 or Section 16

State: Central

Year: 1927

Any person who has made a claim under this Act, or any Forest-officer or other person generally or specially empowered by the1[ State Government ] in this behalf, may, within three months from the date of the order passed on such claim by the Forest Settlement-officer under section 11, section 12, section 15 or section 16, present an appeal from such order to such officer of the Revenue Department, of rank not lower than that of a Collector, as the1[ State Government ] may, by notification in the2[ Official Gazette ] , appoint to hear appeals from such orders: ] Provided that the1[ State Government ] may establish a Court (hereinafter called the Forest Court) composed of three persons to be appointed by the1[ State Government ] , and when the Forest Court has been so established, all such appeals shall be presented to it. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette".

Forest Act, 1963 Section 24

Title: Acts Prohibited in Reserved Forests

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

.....lops, taps or burns any tree or strips off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages the same; (f) quarries stone, burns lime or charcoal, or collects, subjects to any manufacturing process, or removes, any forest produce; (g) clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or any other purpose; 1[(gg) unauthorisedly occupies land for any purpose;] (h) damages, alters or removes any cairn, wall, ditch, embankment, fence, hedge, or railing; (i) poisons or dynamites water; (j) in contravention2[of any law or rules, enters any reserved forest with fire arms or any other weapon meant for hunting], hunts, shoots, fishes or sets traps or snares, or who abets committing of any of the above prohibited acts shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to2[one year or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees], or with both, and in addition be liable to pay such compensation for the damage done to the forests as the convicting court may direct to be paid. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 10 of 1989 w.e.f. 16.3.1989. 2. Substituted by Act 1 of 1981 w.e.f. 23.2.1981.

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 20

Title: Notification Declaring Forest Reserved

State: Central

Year: 1927

.....events have occurred, namely:- (a) the period fixed under section 6 for preferring claims have elapsed and all claims (if any) made under that section or section 9 have been disposed of by the Forest Settlement-officer; (b) if any such claims have been made, the period limited by section 17 for appealing from the orders passed on such claims has elapsed, and all appeals (if any) presented within such period have been disposed of by the appellate officer or Court; and (c) all lands (if any) to be included in the proposed forest, which the Forest Settlement-officer has, under section 11, elected to acquire under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), have become vested in the Government under section 16 of that Act, the1[ State Government ] shall publish a notification in the2[ Official Gazette ] , specifying definitely, according to boundary-marks erected or otherwise, the limits of the forest which is to be reserved, and declaring the same to be reserved from a date fixed by the notification. (2) From the date so fixed such forest shall be deemed to be a reserved forest. ___________________ _ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". .....

Forest Act, 1963 Section 62C

Title: Certificate of Forest Officer to Be an Evidence

State: Karnataka

Year: 1963

1[62C. Certificate of Forest Officer to be an evidence Any document purporting to be a certificate under the hand of a Forest Officer not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer who has undergone training in the examination of forest produce and who is so authorised by the State Government in this behalf in respect of forest produce, submitted to him for examination and report, may be used as evidence of the facts stated in such certificate in any proceedings under this Act; but the court may, if it things fit, and shall on the application of the prosecution or the accused person summon and examine any such Forest Officer as to the subject matter of his certificate.] ______________________ 1. Sections 62A to 62C inserted by Act 20 of 2000 w.e.f. 4.10.2000.