Title : Preservation of Trees
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Subject to the provisions of section 12, it shall be the duty of the owner or occupier of the land who is required by an order under sections 8, 9 or 10 to plant a tree or trees to ensure that they grow property and are well prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of State Government and the Tree Authority to Give Directions
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 : Appeal
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) Against the order of the Tree Officer under Sec. 8, 9 or 10, an appeal shall lie to the Tree Authority. (2) Such appeal shall be filed within thirty days from the date the decision is Minunicated to the owner or occupier of the land and shall be accompanied by a fine tone hundred rupees. (3) The Tree Authority shall decide the appeal after giving to the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard. The decision of the Tree Authority shall be final. 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 : Appointment of Tree Officer
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The Chief Conservator of Forests (General) may, subject to sub-section (2) appoint for each urban area and rural area one or more Forest Officers as Tree Officers for the purpose of this. (2) Such Tree Officer shall: (i) in an urban area comprising of a Municipal Corporation, be not below the rank of an Assistant Conservator of Forests; (ii) in an urban area comprising of a Municipal or Notified Area Committee, be not below the rank of Range Forest Officer; (iii) in a rural area of the kind specified in Sch. II, be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer; (iv) in a rural area of the kind specified In Sch. I, be not below the rank of a Divisional Forest Officer. 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 : Seizure of Property
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Where the Tree Officer has reason to believe that an offence under this Act is committed in respect of any tree, he may seize the tools or any boats, vehicles or other conveyances or animals used for the commission of said offence along with the tree or part thereof which has been severed from the ground or the trunk, as the case may be. 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 : Seizure of Property
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Where the Tree Officer has reason to believe that an offence under this Act is committed in respect of any tree, he may seize the tools and any boats, vehicles or other conveyances or animals used for the commission of the said offence along with the tree or part thereof which has been severed from the ground or the trunk, as the case may be. 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 section 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 section