The 96 sections of the Act are divided into 13 Chapters: Preliminary (I); Of Reserved Forests (II); Of Village Forests (III); Of Protected Forests (IV); Of the Control over Forests and Lands not being the Property of Government (V); Of the Duty on Timber and other Forest Produce (VI); Of the Control of Timber and other Forest Produce in Transit (VII); Of the Collection of Drift and Stranded Timber (VIII); Penalties and Procedure (IX); Cattle-trespass (X); Of Forest Officers (XI); Subsidiary Rules (XII); Miscellaneous (XIII).
The present Act aims at consolidating the law relating to forests, the transit of forestry products and the duty leviable on timber and other forestry products.
The present Act aims at consolidating the law relating to forests, the transit of forestry products and the duty leviable on timber and other forestry products.
The 96 sections of the Act are divided into 13 Chapters: Preliminary (I); Of Reserved Forests (II); Of Village Forests (III); Of Protected Forests (IV); Of the Control over Forests and Lands not being the Property of Government (V); Of the Duty on Timber and other Forest Produce (VI); Of the Control of Timber and other Forest Produce in Transit (VII); Of the Collection of Drift and Stranded Timber (VIII); Penalties and Procedure (IX); Cattle-trespass (X); Of Forest Officers (XI); Subsidiary Rule
Act extends to: Bombay, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.Last amended by the Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2017 - No. 5 of 2018
Titre:
Indian Forest Act, 1927.
Pays:
Inde
Type of document:
Législation
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Non
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