Definitions

Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) “cattle” includes cows, bulls, bullocks, elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and kids; (1-A) "Consideration" means the price received or receivable on the sale of forest produce and computed in such manner and shall also include such other amount as may be prescribed by the State Government. (2) “district forest” includes all land at the disposal of Government not included within the limits of any reserved or village forest nor assigned at the survey settlement as free grazing ground or for any other public or communal purposes: Provided that it shall be competent for the State Government to modify or set aside such assignment and constitute any such land as reserved, village or district forest, or devote the same to any other purpose it may deem fit; (3) “Deputy Conservatore of Forest” means the Chief Forest Officer of a Forest Division; (4) “Forest Division” means any area declared as such by a notification by the State Government or by such authority as may be prescribed; (5) “forest offence” means an offence punishable under this Act or under any rule made thereunder; (6) “Forest Officer” means any person appointed by or under the orders of the State Government to be the Principal Chief Conservator, Additional Principal Chief Conservator, Chief Conservator, Additional Chief Conservator, Conservator, Deputy Conservator, Assistant Conservator, Forest Ranger, Forester, Forest Guard or Forest Watcher, or to discharge any function of a Forest Officer under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder to be done by a Forest Officer; (7) “forest produce” includes,— (a) the following whether found in or brought from a forest or not, that is to say,— timber, charcoal, caoutchouc, catechu, sandalwood, lootikai (Capparis Mooni), wood oil, sandalwood oil, resin, rubber latex, natural varnish, bark, lac, mahua or ippe (Bassia latifolia) flowers and seeds, seed of Prosopis juliflora, kuth, and temburni or tupra (Diospyros Melanoxylon) leaves, rosha (Cymbopogon Martini) grass and oil and myrabolams (Terminalia Chebula, Terminalia Belerica and Phyllanthus Emblica, ramapatre and shigakai); and