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Penalties for trespass or damage in reserved forest and acts prohibited in such forests - (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 carries 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; (viii) hunts, shoots, fishes, poisons water or sets traps or snares; (ix) damages, alters or removes any wall, ditch, embankment, fence, hedge or railing ; or (x) removes any forest produce; 1[(d) abets any of the acts specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall on addition to such compensation for damages caused to the forests as per