The Saurashtra Felling of Trees (Infliction of Punishment) (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1960

1. (1) This Act may be called the Saurashtra Felling of Trees (Infliction of Punishment) (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1960.
2. (2) It shall come into force at once.

The Saurashtra Felling of Trees (Infliction of Punishment) Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby extended to and by such extension shall be in force in that part of the State of Gujarat to which immediately before the commencement of this Act, it did not extend.

In the principal Act —

1. (a) in section 1, for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely :— “(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat.”;
2. (b) in section 2 —
   • (i) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :— “(e) “Code” means —
   • (i) in relation to the Bombay area and the Saurashtra area of the State of Gujarat, the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879; and
   • (ii) in relation to the Kutch area of the State of Gujarat, the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 as applied to that area ;”;
   • (ii) in clause (f), for the words and figures “the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879” the words “the Code” shall be substituted ;
3. (c) in section 3, in sub-section

1. (1) —
   • (i) for the words and figures “the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879” the words “the Code” shall be substituted ;
   • (ii) for the words and figures “any Gram Panchayat constituted under the Saurashtra Gram Panchayat Ordinance, 1949” the words “any Village Panchayat constituted or deemed to be a Village Panchayat under the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958” shall be substituted ;
   • (d) in section 4A, for the words and figures “the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 as adapted and applied in Saurashtra” the words “the Code” shall be substituted ;
   • (e) in section 10, to sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :— “ Provided that no such order which adversely affects any person shall be passed under this section unless such person has been given reasonable opportunity of being heard.”.

The Saurashtra Felling of Trees (Infliction of Punishment) (Extension and Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 is hereby repealed and the provisions of sections 7 and 25 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, shall apply to such repeal as if that Ordinance were an enactment.