Officer, the property seized and the offender, if in custody, shall be released and no further proceedings shall be taken against such offender or property.

Contravention of Act to be reported by certain officers.- It shall be the duty of every forest officer, Panchayat Secretary, Police Constable or any Officer superior to him and every Officer of the Department of Agriculture, Land Survey and Revenue-

1. (a) to give immediate information coming to his knowledge, of any contravention of section 8 and of preparation to commit such contravention to the Tree Officer or the Deputy Conservator Forests;
2. (b) to taake all resonable measures in his power to prevent such contravention which he may know or have reason to believe that it is about or likely to committed.