Declaration of restricted places and prohibited areas for the Wood Based Industries

Declaration of restricted places and prohibited areas for the Wood Based Industries. –

1. (1) In respect of distance from the boundary of the nearest notified forests or protected areas, Wood Based Industries shall be allowed to operate in the State at a distance as per State-specific order / approval of the Hon'ble Supreme Court / Hon'ble Patna High Court / Central Empowered Committee or beyond ten kilometres of aerial distance from the boundary of the nearest notified forests or protected areas whichever is less.
2. (2) The provision under sub-section
3. (1) will not be applicable to roadside / railway side / canal side plantations, which have been declared as Protected Forest.
4. (3) A Wood Based Industry can be established in an Industrial Estate /Industrial Area or a Municipal area (Nagar Nigam / Nagar Palika / Nagar Panchayat) irrespective of the aerial distance from the boundary of nearest notified forest or protected area.
5. (4) The State Government may, by notification, for reasons mentioned therein, declare any area to be a prohibited area, for the period specified therein.

During the period an area is declared to be a restricted area or a prohibited area under this Act or any other order made there under, the following consequences shall ensue, namely-

1. (a) no license shall be granted for establishment of Wood Based Industry in that area;
2. (b) no license of Wood Based Industry shall be renewed during that period in that area;
3. (c) Wood Based Industry situated in that area shall cease to operate and keep its operation closed.
4. (d) No claim on account of damages as a result of such cessation of operations or closure shall lie before any authority nor any damages arising out of such cessation/ closure, if any, shall be payable to the licensee. (5)
5. (a) The State Government may issue directions for disposal of such wood / wood produce which has been received till the date of declaration of an area as restricted or prohibited under this section.
6. (b) The affected wood Based industry will be allowed to operate beyond the restricted area subject to the provisions under sub-section

1. (1) of Section 8.