Preamble

THE TAMIL NADU HILL AREAS (PRESERVATION OF TREES) ACT, 1955 (ACT No. XVII OF 1955) (Received the assent of the Governor on 2nd September 1955)

An Act to provide for the regulation of the cutting of trees and the cultivation of land in hill areas in the State of Tamil Nadu .

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislature received the assent of the Governor on the 2nd September, 1955 and Is hereby published for general information.

WHEREAS there has been indiscriminate cutting of trees in hill stations in the State of Tamil Nadu involving large-scale deforestation and resulting in considerable soil erosion;

AND WHEREAS with a view to prevent deforestation and soil erosion and also to preserve the special characteristics of the hill areas as regards landscape, vegetal cover and climate. It is necessary to regulate the cutting of trees and also the cultivation of land in hill areas in the State of Tamil Nadu

BE it enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-