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Home Bare Acts Phrase: treePreservation of Trees Act,1976 Chapter 5
Title: Restriction on Felling of Trees and Liability for Preservation of Trees
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
..... (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. Section 9 - Planting of adequate number of trees (1) Every owner or occupant of a land shall, within a period of five years from the appointed day or within such extended period as the Tree Authority may specify, plant trees so as to conform to the standards prescribed by the said Tree Authority under clause (c) of section 7. (2) If in the opinion of the tree Officer the number of trees in any land is not adequate according to the standards referred to in sub-section (1), the Tree Officer may, by order giving a reasonable opportunity to the owner or occupier of the land of making representation, require him to plant such trees, or additional trees, as the case may be, and at such places in the land as may be specified in the order. (3) The owner or occupier of the land shall comply with such order within thirty days from the receipt.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976 Chapter V
Title: Restriction on Felling of Trees and Liability for Preservation Oftrees
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....order made by the Tree Officer under Sec. 8, 9 or 10, the Tree Officer may, after giving a reasonable opportunity to owner or occupier of making representation and without prejudice to any other action which may be taken against the defaulter under this Act take necessary action and recover the expenditure incurred from the owner or the occupier, as the case may be. If such expenditure is not paid within the time specified by the Tree Officer, the amount along with interest at six per cent per annum and other expense, if any, shall be recovered as if it were an arrear of land revenue. Section 14 - Appeal (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 sectionPreservation of Trees Act,1976 Section 8
Title: Restriction on Felling of Trees
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....restrictions as may be prescribed, for bona fide domestic use of a family, one or more members of such family may, if they are otherwise entitled to do so, in the aggregate, fell , in a calendar year, such number of trees as would fetch3[not more than 2.8 cubic metres of timber,1[fifty poles and bamboos]1and five tonnes of firewood.] 4[(7) Nothing in this section shall apply to felling of 3[Casuarina, Coconut, Erythrina, Eucalyptus', Glyrecidia, Hopea Wightina, Prosipis, Rubber, Sesbania, Silver Oak and Subabul trees]] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998. 2. Inserted by Act 21 of 1977 w.e.f. 1.12.1987. 3. Inserted by Act 21 of 1977 w.e.f. 29.7.1977. 4. Substituted by Act 39 of 1987 w.e.f. 1.12.1987.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976 Section 8
Title: Restriction on Felling of Trees
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....shall be deemed to have been granted. (5) Where permission to fell a tree is granted, the Tree Officer may grant it subject to the condition that the applicant shall plant another tree or trees of the same or any other suitable species on the same site or other suitable place within thirty days from the date the tree is felled or within such extended time as the Tree Officer may allow. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) to (5) but subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, for bonafide domestic use of a family, one or more members of such family may, if they are otherwise entitled to do so, in the aggregate, fell, in a calendar year, such member of trees as would fetch '[not more than 2.8 cubic metres of timber and five tonnes of firewood. (7) Nothing in this section shall apply to felling of Casuarina and Hopea Wightiana trees.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPreservation of Trees Act,1976 Complete Act
Title: Preservation of Trees Act,1976
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....- Power to arrest without warrant Section 18 - Power to release a person arrested Section 19 - Power to prevent commission of offence Section 20 - Operation of other laws not barred Section 21 - Power to compound offences Section 22 - Penalty Section 22A - Offences by companies Chapter 7 Section 23 - Rules Section 24 - Indemnity Section 25 - Investing Tree Officer with certain powers Section 26 - Transit of felled materials Section 27 - Power of State Government and the Tree Authority to give directions Section 27A - Exemption of certain areas from the operation of this Act Section 28 - Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 not affected Section 29 - Repeal of Karnataka Ordinance No. 14 of 1976 Schedule 1 - SCHEDULE I Schedule 2 - SCHEDULE II
List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976 Chapter IV
Title: Duties of Tree Authority
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....of seeds, saplings and trees to persons who desire or are required to plant new trees or to replace trees which have been felled; (e) planting and transplanting of trees necessitated by construction of new roads or widening of existing roads of replacement of trees which have failed to come up along road or for safeguarding danger to life and property; (f) organisation of demonstration and extension services for the purposes of this Act and assisting private and public institutions connected with planting and preservation of trees; (g) planting and maintaining such number of trees as may be considered necessary according to the prescribed standards on roads, in public parks and gardens and on the banks of rivers or lakes or seashores; and (h) undertaking such schemes or measures as may be directed from time to time by the State Government for achieving the objects of the Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976 Section 7
Title: Duties of Tree Authority
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....of seeds, saplings and trees to persons who desire or are required to plant new trees or to replace trees which have been felled; (e) planting and transplanting of trees necessitated by construction of new roads or widening of existing roads of replacement of trees which have failed to come up along road or for safeguarding danger to life and property; (f) organisation of demonstration and extension services for the purposes of this Act and assisting private and public institutions connected with planting and preservation of trees; (g) planting and maintaining such number of trees as may be considered necessary according to the prescribed standards on roads, in public parks and gardens and on the banks of rivers or lakes or seashores; and (h) undertaking such schemes or measures as may be directed from time to time by the State Government for achieving the objects of the Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPreservation of Trees Act,1976 Chapter 4
Title: Duties of Tree Authority
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....of seeds, saplings and trees to persons who desire or are required to plant new trees or to replace trees which have been felled; (e) planting and transplanting of trees necessitated by construction of new roads or widening of existing roads or replacement of trees which have failed to come up along roads or for safeguarding danger to life and property; (f) organisation of demonstration and extension services for the purposes of this Act and assisting private and public institutions connected with planting and preservation of trees; (g) planting and maintaining such number of trees as may be considered necessary according to the prescribed standards on roads, in public parks and gardens and on the banks of rivers or lakes or seashores; and (h) undertaking such schemes or measures as may be directed from time to time by the State Government for achieving the objects of the Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPreservation of Trees Act,1976 Section 7
Title: Duties of Tree Authority
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....of seeds, saplings and trees to persons who desire or are required to plant new trees or to replace trees which have been felled; (e) planting and transplanting of trees necessitated by construction of new roads or widening of existing roads or replacement of trees which have failed to come up along roads or for safeguarding danger to life and property; (f) organisation of demonstration and extension services for the purposes of this Act and assisting private and public institutions connected with planting and preservation of trees; (g) planting and maintaining such number of trees as may be considered necessary according to the prescribed standards on roads, in public parks and gardens and on the banks of rivers or lakes or seashores; and (h) undertaking such schemes or measures as may be directed from time to time by the State Government for achieving the objects of the Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionKarnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976 Complete Act
Title: Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act 1976
State: Karnataka
Year: 1976
.....- Power to release property seized under Sec. 15 Section 17 - Power to arrest without warrant Section 18 - Power to release a person arrested Section 19 - Power to prevent commission of offence Section 20 - Operation of other laws not barred Section 21 - Power to compound offences Section 22 - Penalty Chapter VII Section 23 - Rules Section 24 - Indemnity Section 25 - Investing Tree Officer with certain powers Section 26 - Transit of felled materials Section 27 - Power of State Government and the Tree Authority to give directions Section 27A - Exemption of certain areas from the operation of this Act Section 28 - Karnataka Forest Act. 1963 not affected Section 29 - Repeal of Karnataka Ordinance No. 14 of 1976
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