Title : 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 jurisdiction; (b) carrying out a census of the existing trees and obtaining, whenever considered necessary, declaration 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 to..... 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 : Officers and Servants
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. Section 6 - Appointment of other officers The Chief Conservator of Forests (General) may from time to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Karnataka Preservation of Tree Act, 1976
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
THE KARNATAKA PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 19761 [Act, No. 76 of 1976] [1st December, 1976] PREAMBLE An Act to make better provision for preservation of trees in the State. WHEREAS with the growing pace of urbanisation, industrialisation and increasing population, there has been indiscriminate felling of a large number of trees in the rural and urban areas of the State of Karnataka leading to erratic rainfall, recurring famines and floods, soil erosion and consequent ecological disturbances; WHEREAS It is expedient to provide for the preservation of trees in the State by regulating the felling of trees and for the planting of adequate number of trees to restore ecological balance and for matters connected therewith; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka. (3) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the seventeenth day of July 1976 and other provisions shall come into force on such1[date] as the State Government may by notification appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different urban areas or rural areas or parts thereof. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998 Section 2 - Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 'appointed day' in relation to any area means the date notified under sub-section (3) of section 1; (b) 'local authority' means a Municipal Corporation,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : 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 : Penalties and Procedure
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. Section 16 - Power to release property seized under Sec. 15 The Tree Officer may release the properties seized under Sec. 15 if the owner or occupier executes a bond for their production whenever required. Section 17 - Power to arrest without warrant (1) Any Tree Officer may arrest with a warrant any person reasonably suspected of having been concerned in any offence under this Act, if such person refuses to give his name and residence or gives..... 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 section