Bare Act
The Chhattisgarh Vanopaj (Vyapar Viniyaman) Adhiniyam, 1969
General196928 sections
This law governs the trade and purchase of specific forest products like timber within the state of Madhya Pradesh. It applies to the state government, authorized officers, and registered growers who harvest these resources. The main purpose is to control the market by allowing the government to appoint agents who buy and transport forest produce on its behalf, ensuring that only authorized entities handle these goods. It also requires growers to register their sales and mandates that agents act strictly for the government without personal profit, thereby regulating the forest economy to prevent unauthorized trade.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Appointment of Agents
- 4. Restriction on Sale of Specified Forest Produce
- 5. Registration of Specified Forest Produce
- 6. Appointment of agents
- 7. Restriction on sale of specified forest produce
- 8. Registration of manufacturers
- 9. Power of State Government to issue directions
- 10. Disposal of specified forest produce
- 11. Power of entry, inspection, search and seizure
- 12. Disposal of seized forest produce
- 12A. Power to confiscate
- 14. Delegation of powers
- 15. Powers of search and seizure, etc.
- 15-A. Power of Court to order confiscation
- 15-B. Bar to jurisdiction of Court in certain cases
- 15-C. Power of State Government to make rules
- 16. Penalty
- 17. Attempt and abetment
- 18. Cognizance of Offences
- 19. Composition of Offences
- 20. Saving
- 21. Power to remove difficulties
- 22. Amendment of Indian Forest Act, 1927
- 23. Repeal
- 52. Confiscation
- 52-C. Bar of Jurisdiction
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