The Punjab Forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1913

This Act may be called the Punjab Forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1913. 1t shall extend to such local areas as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette direct; and it shall come into force in each of such areas on such day as the State Government in like manner directs in this behalf.

In this Act all expressions shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indian Forest Act, 1927.

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to regulate the sale of timber and the establishment of sale depots for such timber. Such rules may among other matters— (a) prescribe the classes of timber to which the rules shall apply ; (b) define what shall be deemed to be a sale depot ; (c) provide for the establishment, registration, regulation and inspection of sale depots, and the levy of fees for registration ; prescribed the period for which registration shall hold good and the conditions under which timber may be brought to, stored at, sold at, and removed from, sale depots ; and prohibit the sale of timber at, or the establishment or maintenance of, unregistered sale depots ; (d) regulate the use of the sale depot marks and the registration of such marks ; prescribe the time for which registration shall hold good and provide for the levy of fees for registration ; (e) prescribe the registers to be maintained at sale depots, and provide for the production of such registers, before and for their examination by any forest or police officer authorized in this behalf by the Divisional Forest Officer or by the District Superintendent of Police respectively ; (2) All rules made under sub-section (1) shall be made after previous publication in the Official Gazette.

The provisions of Chapter IX of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (XVI of 1927), with the exception of Section 58, shall apply so far as may be to any infringement of the rules made under this Act as if such infringement were a forest offence under the Indian Forest Act.

No suit shall lie against any public servant for anything done by him in good faith under this Act.