Title : Tree Authority
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The State Government shall, by notification, constitute a Tree Authority for each urban area and for each rural area. (2) Such Authority shall consist of five members as follows:- (a) For an urban area,- (i) the Mayor or the President of the Municipal Corporation, the Municipal Council or the 1 [Town Panchayat], as the case may be; (ii) the Divisional Forest Officer or his nominee; (iii) the District Horticultural Officer having jurisdiction; (iv) the Municipal Commissioner or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be; and (v) one member of the Municipal Corporation, the Municipal Council or the 1 [Town Panchayat], as may be, nominated by the Mayor or the President , as the case may be: Provided that where the Corporation or the Municipal Council or the 1 [Town..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Duties of Tree Authority
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Notwithstanding anything in the relevant Act or any other law for the time being in force, the Tree Authority shall, subject to any general or special orders of the State Government, be responsible for,- (a) the preservation of all trees within its jurisdictions; (b) carrying out a census of the existing trees and obtaining, whenever considered necessary, declarations from all owners or occupants about the number of trees in their lands; (c) specifying the standards regarding the number and kind of trees which each locality, type of land and premises shall have and which shall be planted subject to a minimum of five trees per hectare in the case of rural areas; (d) development and maintenance of nurseries, supply of seeds, saplings and trees to persons who desire or are required..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Restriction on Felling of Trees and Liability for Preservation of Trees
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) With effect on and from the appointed day, notwithstanding any custom, usage, contract or law for the time being in force, no person shall fell any tree or cause any tree to be felled in any land, whether in his ownership or occupancy or otherwise, except with the previous permission of the Tree Officer: 1[Provided that no permission shall be granted under this section for felling of trees if it involves felling of all trees in the areas proposed for cultivation or extension of cultivation of rubber or tea.] (2) Any person desiring to fell a tree, shall apply in writing to the concerned Tree Officer for permission in that behalf. The application shall be accompanied by a site plan or survey sketch specifying clearly the site or survey numbers, the numbers, kind and girth of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "appointed day" in relation to any area means the date notified under subsection (3) of Sec. 1; (b) "local authority" means a Municipal Corporation, or a Municipal Council or a Notified Area Committee or a Taluk Development Board; (c) "preservation of trees" means, maintenance and protection of trees to encourage normal growth and prevent damage or cutting or felling and includes planting of new trees and transplanting trees; (d) "relevant Act" means the enactment under which local authority is constituted; (e) "rural area" means an area and of the kind specified in Schs. I and II; (f) "to fell a tree" means severing the trunk from the roots, uprooting the tree and includes burning or cutting or girdling or applying..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Miscellaneous
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified by the Government in the Official Gazette have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appointment of Other Officers
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
The Chief Conservator of Forests (General) may from time to time, appoint such other officers and servants to assist the Tree Officer as he may consider necessary who shall be subordinate to the Tree Officer. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Release a Person Arrested
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Any Tree Officer who has arrested any person under the provisions of Sec. 17 may release such person on his executing a bond with proper surety to appear, if and when so required, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the case, or before the Police or the Tree Officer concerned. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of State Government and the Tree Authority to Givedirections
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
The State Government may from time to time give to the Tree Authority or any Tree Officer and officers subordinate to him and the Tree Authority may give to the Tree Officer or officers subordinate to him, such general or special directions regarding the discharge of their functions and for carrying out effectively the purposes of this Act and such Tree Authority or Tree Officers shall comply with the directions issued. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Repeal of Karnataka Ordinance No. 14 of 1976
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Ordinance, 1976 (Karnataka Ordinance No. 14 of 1976) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal any action taken or any appointment, notification, order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law made or issued under the said ordinance shall be deemed to have been taken, made or issued under this Act and shall continue in force accordingly unless and until superseded by any action taken or any appointment, notification, order, scheme, rule, form or bye-law made or issued under this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preservation of Trees Act,1976
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
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..... List Judgments citing this section