Title : Officers and Servants
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
(1) The 1 [Principal 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 Act. (2) Such Tree Officer shall,- (i) in an urban area comprising of a 1 [larger urban area], be not below the rank of an Assistant Conservator of Forests; (ii) in an urban area comprising of a 1 [smaller urban area or a transitional area], be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer; (iii) in a rural area of the kind specified in Schedule II, be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer. (iv) in a rural area of the kind specified in Schedule, I, be not below the rank of a Divisional Forest Officer. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f...... 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 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. Section 15A - Powers of Tree officer in the matter of investigation 1[15A. Powers of Tree officer in the matter of investigation (1) Any Tree officer within such area as the State Government may, by notification specify, may as regards offences under section 22 exercise powers conferred on an Officer incharge of a police station by the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Provided that any such power shall be subject to such..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Delhi
Year : 1994
DELHI PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1994 DELHI PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1994 11 of 1994 12-10-1994 CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the National. Capital Territory of Delhi. (3) It shall come into force at once. Section2 Definition In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Appellate Authority" means an authority appointed by the Government as appellate authority under this Act; (b) "Deputy Conservator of Forests" means a forest officer in-charge of a forest division and exercising jurisdiction over the area; (c) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Forests, Government of the National..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Delhi
Year : 1994
THE DELHI PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1994 THE DELHI PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1994 (Delhi Act No. 11 of 1994) (12-10-1994) (As passed by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi) AN ACT To provide for the preservation of trees in the National Capital Territory of Delhi BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Forty-fifth Year of the republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER 1 Preliminary 1. Short title, extent and commencement - 1. This ct may be called the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 2. It shall extend to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. 3. It shall come into force at once. 2. Definition. ----In this Act, unless the context otherwise..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Maharashtra
Year : 1975
THE MAHARASHTRA (URBAN AREAS) PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1975 THE MAHARASHTRA (URBAN AREAS) PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1975 MAHARASHTRA ACT NO. XLIV OF 1915 September, 1975 Amended by Mah. 3 of 1977. Amended by Mah 7 of 1996 An Act to make better provision for trees in urban areas in the State by regulating felling of trees and providing for planting of adequate number of new trees in those areas. WHEREAS with the growing pace of urbanisation and industrialisation there has been indiscriminate felling of large number of trees in the urban areas of the State of Maharashtra; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make better for protection and preservation of trees in urban areas in the State, by regulating felling of trees and providing for planting of..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Schedule Ii
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
SCHEDULE II [See section 2 (e)] Areas comprising lands other than those included in Schedule I. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Kerala
Year : 1986
THE KERALA PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1986[1] THE KERALA PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1986[1] (ACT 35 OF 1986) An Act to provide for the preservation of trees in the State of Kerala. Preamble.-WHEREAS there has been indiscriminate felling and destruction of trees, in the State of Kerala resulting in considerable soil erosion and destruction and loss of the timber wealth of the State; AND WHEREAS with a view to prevent soil erosion and destruction and loss of the timber wealth in the State, it is necessary to regulate the felling and destruction of trees in the State; BE it enacted in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.-This Act may be called the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986. (2) It extends to..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Schedule I
State : Karnataka
Year : 1976
SCHEDULE I [See section 2 (e)] Areas comprising lands under1[xxx], tea, rubber,1[xxx], or cinchona cultivation, including wood lots and lands belonging to the State Government and released in favour of others. _______________________ 1. Omitted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Kerala
Year : 2003
THE KERALA PRESERVATION OF TREES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [1] ACT 28 OF 2003 THE KERALA PRESERVATION OF TREES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [1] An Act further to amend the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986 Preamble.--WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986, for the purpose hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Act, 2003. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 4.--In section 4 of the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986 (35 of 1986), after sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-- "(6)..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Meghalaya
Year : 1976
THE MEGHALAYA TREE (PREVENTION) ACT, 1976 THE MEGHALAYA TREE (PREVENTION) ACT, 1976 (Meghalaya Act 13 of 1976) (As passed by the Assembly) Received the assent of the Governor on the 5th October, 1976 (Published in the Gazette of Meghalaya, Extra-ordinary, dated 9th October, 1976) An Act to make provisions for regulating the felling of trees for purpose of protection of catchment areas and soil from erosion and to preserve the special characteristics of the hilly areas as regard landscape, vegetal cover and climate and to provide for matters connected there with and incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Twenty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: - Short title, extend and commencement 1 (1) This Act may be called..... List Judgments citing this section