Title : Investing Tree Officer with Certain Powers
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The State Government may, by notification, invest the Tree Officers and other officers with all or any of the following powers, namely. (a) power to enter upon any land and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same; (b) powers of a Civil Court to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and material objects; (c) power to issue a search warrant under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; (d) power to hold inquiries into offences under the Act and In the course of such inquiry to receive and record evidence; (e) power to make possession of property under the Act; (f) power to direct release of property or withdrawal of charges; (g) power to insist any person to plant tree or trees of suitable species in adequate numbers on any land owned..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Investing Tree Officer with Certain Powers
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The State Government may, by notification, invest the Tree Officers and other officers with all or any of the following powers, namely:- (a) power to enter upon any land and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same; (b) powers of a civil court to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and material objects; (c) power to issue a search warrant under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; (d) power to hold inquiries into offences under the Act and in the course of such inquiry to receive and record evidence; (e) power to take possession of property under the Act; (f) power to direct release of property or withdrawal of charges; (g) Power to insist any person to plant tree or trees of suitable species in adequate numbers on any land owned or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or orders made thereunder shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both. Upon such conviction the Court may order any property in respect of which the offence is committed to be forfeited to the State Government. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Indemnity
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any officer for anything done or omitted to be done by him in good faith under this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Exemption of Certain Areas from the Operation of Thisact
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
The State Government, may, by notification and subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be specified in such notification exempt any area or areas from the provisions of this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Cancellation or Suspension of Permission Granted Under Section 8.
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
1[8A. Cancellation or suspension of permission granted under section 8. The tree officer may cancel or suspend the permission granted under section 8 on any of the grounds specified below, after giving an opportunity of being heard to the grantee and after recording reasons therefor, namely:- (a) furnishing of false or wrong information to obtain permission; (b) discovery of defects in title; (c) misuse of felling permission; (d) non-fulfilment of conditions of felling permission; (e) violation of any provisions of this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder; (f) felling of unpermitted trees; (g) dispute between grantee and others.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or orders made thereunder shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both. Upon such conviction the court may order any property in respect of which the offence is committed to be forfeited to the State Government. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Indemnity
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
No suit, prosecution or other legal Proceedings shall lie against any officer for anything done or omitted to be done by him in good faith under this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Rules
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 : Rules
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 section