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Forest Produce

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Forest-produce, means:

(a) the following whether found in, or brought from, a forest or not, that is to say--timber charcoal, caoutchouc, catechu, wood-oil, resin, natural varnish, bark, lac, mahuaflowers, mahua seeds, kuth and myrabolams, and

(b) the following when found in, or brought from a forest, that is to say--

(i) trees and leaves, flowers and fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbefore mentioned, of trees,

(ii) plants not being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss), and all parts or produce of such plants,

(iii) wild animals and skins, tusks, horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax, and all other parts or produce of animals, and

(iv) peat, surface soil, rock and mineral (including lime-stone, laterite, mineral oils, and all products of mines or quarries). [Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), s. 2 (4)]

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