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THE KARNATAKA FOREST ACT, 1963

Chapter I PRELIMINARY

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0Preamble
1Short title, extent and commencement
2Definitions
3Powers to constitute Reserved Forests
4Notification by Government
5Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer
6Bar of accrual of forest rights
7Inquiry by Forest Settlement Officer
8Powers of Forest Settlement Officer
9Extinction of rights
10Treatment of claims relating to shifting cultivation
11Power to acquire land over which right is claimed
12Order on claims to rights of way or pasture or to forest produce or water
13Record to be made where claim is admitted
14Exercise of rights admitted
15Compensation for rights
16Appeal from order passed under section 11, section 12, section 14 or section 15
17Notification declaring forest a reserved forest
18Publication of notification
19Power to revise arrangements made under section 14 and to redefine the limits of reserved forests in certain cases
20No right acquired over reserved forest except as provided.
21Alienation of right in a reserved forest
22Power to stop ways and water courses in reserved forests
23Reserved forests constituted previous to passing of this Act
24Acts prohibited in reserved forests
25Acts excepted from section 24
26Privileges may be granted in reserved forests.
27Penalties for offences committed by persons having rights in reserved forests
28Power to declare forests no longer reserved forests
29Constitution of village forests
30Power to make rules for village forests.
31Inquiry into and settlement of rights
31AConstitution of Village Forest Committee for Joint Forest Planning and Management of Forest.
32Power to grant privileges in district forests
33Power to make rules for district forests
34Suspension of rights in cases of fires caused wilfully or by gross negligence
35Minor forests constituted previous to the commencement of this Act
36Interpretations
37Preservation of private forests
38Power to make rules
39Protection of forests for special purposes
40Appeals
41Penalties
42Bar of suits
43Power to assume management of forests
44Consequences of assumption of management
45Period of management
46Termination of management
47Government management of forests at request of owners
48Acquisition of forests in certain cases
49Power to remove difficulties
50Power to make rules to regulate transit of forest produce
51The State Government and Forest Officer not liable for damage to forest produce at depot
52All persons bound to aid in case of accident at depot
53Certain kinds of timbers to be deemed property of State Government until title thereto proved
54Notice to claimants of drift timber
55Procedure on claim preferred to such timber
56Disposal of unclaimed timber
57State Government and its officers not liable for damage to such timber
58Payments to be made by claimant before timber is delivered to him
59Power to make rules
60Application of Cattle Trespass Act, 1871
61Power to alter fines fixed under that Act
62Seizure of property liable to confiscation
62APowers of Forest Officer in the matter of Investigation
62BReport by Investigation Officer
62CCertificate of Forest Officer to be an evidence
63Power to release property seized under section 62
64APenalty for unauthorisedly taking possession of land constituted as reserved forest, district forest, village forest, protected forest and any other land under the control of the Forest Department
65Forest produce, tools, etc., when liable to forfeiture
66Disposal, on conclusion of trial for forest offence, of produce in respect of which it was committed
67Procedure when offender is not known or cannot be found
68Procedure as to perishable property seized under section 62
69Appeal from orders under sections 65, 66 and 67
70Vesting of forefeited property in State Government
71Saving of power to release property seized
71AConfiscation by Forest Officers in certain cases
71BIssues of show cause notice before confiscation under section 71A
71CRevision
71DAppeal
71EAward of Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
71FProperty confiscated when to vest in Government
71GBar of jurisdiction in certain cases
72Punishment for wrongful seizure
73Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees or timber and for altering boundary marks
74Power to arrest without warrant
75Power to release on a bond a person arrested
76Power to prevent commission of offence
76APrevention of Commission of offences etc
77Power to try offences summarily
78Operation of other laws not barred
79Power to compound offences
80Presumption that forest produce belongs to Government
81Compensation for damage caused by commission of offence
82Forfeiture of leases
82ACriminal liability of licencee for acts of servants
82BOffence by Companies etc
83Forest rights of inamdars and other persons entitled to sandal trees
84Sandal trees exclusive property of Government
85Responsibility of occupants and holders of land for the preservation of sandal trees
86Penalty for offence in regard to sandalwood
87Regulation of sale and manufacture of sandalwood and sandalwood oil
88Definitions
89Felling, etc., of catechu trees without permission prohibited
90Felling, conversion or removal of catechu trees by the Forest or Revenue Department or by a person
91Application for permit for felling catechu trees
92Transport, etc., of catechu trees or timber without permit prohibited
93Purchase or transport of cutch without permit prohibited
94Manufacture of cutch to be carried on in specified places
95Maintenance of accounts
96Power of Revenue, Forest and Police Officers to search and seize property liable to confiscation
97Power to make rules
98Penalty
98AForest Development Tax
98BForest Development Fund
98CPower of State Government to exempt or reduce Forest Development fee
99The State Government may invest Forest Officers with certain powers
100Removal of forest produce from inam lands
101Control over reserved trees
101AGrant of forest produce on seigniorage rate
101BSupply of forest produce under agreement by the State Government
102General powers to make rules
103Rules to be laid before State Legislature
104Penalties for Contravention of Act or rules
104ARestrictions on trade and transport of blackwood or Bite trees and timber thereof
104BCertain offences to be cognizable
104CAbetment
104DSpecial provision regarding bail
104FPersons not be released on probation
104GRemoval of persons convicted of certain offences
105Duty of persons bound by acts and rules to assist Forest Officers and Police Officers
106Management of forests which are the joint property of State Government and other persons
107Power of State Government to apply provisions of this Act to certain lands of State Government or local authority
108Failure to perform service for which a share in produce of Government forest is enjoyed
109Recovery of money due to Government
110Lien on forest produce for such money
111Land required under this Act to be deemed to be needed for a public purpose under the Land Acquisition Act
112Recovery of penalties due under bond
113Forest Officers deemed to be public servants
114Indemnity for acts done in good faith
114ASuits or prosecution in respect of acts done under colour of duty not to be entertained without sanction of the State Government
115Forest Officer not to trade
116Central Act No. 67 of 1957 to prevail
117Repeal and savings
118Power to remove difficulties

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