Penalties for trespass or damage in reserved forest and acts prohibited in such forest.

(1) Any person who– (a) contravenes the provisions of clause (b) or sub-section (1) of section 7; (b) sets fire to a forest notified to be reserved under section 4 or kindles in such forest any fire or leaves any fire burning in such manner as to endanger such forest; (c) in a reserved forest – (i) kindles, keeps or carried any fire, except at such season and subject to such conditions as the Divisional Forest Officer may, from time to time, specify in this behalf; (ii) trespasses, pastures cattle or allows cattle to trespass; (iii) causes any damage, either wilfully or negligently in felling or cutting any tree or dragging any timber; (iv) fells, girdles, lops, taps or burns any tree or strips off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages the same; (v) quarries, stones, burns lime or charcoal; (vi) collects or subjects to any manufacturing process, any forest produce; (vii) clears or breaks up or ploughs any land for cultivation or for any other purpose;