Indian Forest Act, 1878
Central · 1878
Chapter CHAPTER I
Chapter CHAPTER II
- S. 3Power to reserve forests.--
- S. 4Notification by Local Government.--
- S. 5Bar of accrual of forest-rights.--
- S. 6Proclamation toy Forest-Settlement officer.--
- S. 7Enquiry by Forest-Settlement-officer.--
- S. 8Powers of Forest-Settlement-officer.--
- S. 9Extinction of rights.--
- S. 10Power to acquire land over, which right is claimed.--
- S. 11Order on claims to rights of pasture or to forest-produce.--
- S. 12Record to be made by Forest-Settlement-officer.--
- S. 13Record where he admits claim.--
- S. 14Exercise of rights admitted.--
- S. 15Commutation of rights.--
- S. 16Appeal from order passed under Section 10, 11, 14 or 15.--
- S. 17Appeal under Section 16.--
- S. 18Pleaders.--
- S. 19Notification declaring forest reserved.--
- S. 20Publication of translation of such, notification in neighbourhood of forest.--
- S. 21Power to revise arrangement made under Section 14 or 17.--
- S. 22No right acquired over reserved forest, except as here provided.--
- S. 23Rights not to be alienated without sanction.--
- S. 24Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests.--
- S. 25Acts prohibited in such forests.--
- S. 26Power to declare forest no longer reserved.--
Chapter CHAPTER III
Chapter CHAPTER IV
- S. 28"Protected Forests.".--
- S. 29Power to issue notification.--
- S. 30Publication of translation of such notification in neighbour-hood. --
- S. 31Power to make rules for protected forests.--
- S. 32Penalties for acts in contravention of notification under Section 29.--
- S. 33Nothing in this chapter to prohibit acts done in certain cases.--
Chapter CHAPTER V
Chapter CHAPTER VI
Chapter CHAPTER VII
Chapter CHAPTER VIII
Chapter CHAPTER IX
- S. 45Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of Government until title thereto proved, and may be collected accordingly.--
- S. 46Notice to claimants of drift-timber.--
- S. 47Procedure on claim preferred, to such timber.--
- S. 48Disposal of unclaimed timber.--
- S. 49Government and its officers not liable for damage to such timber.--
- S. 50Payments to be made by claimant before timber is delivered to him.--
- S. 51Power to make rules and prescribe penalties.--
Chapter CHAPTER X
- S. 52Seizure of property-liable to confiscation.--
- S. 53Procedure thereupon.--
- S. 54Forest-produce, tools, &c., when. liable to confiscation.--
- S. 55Disposal, on conclusion of trial for forest-offence, of produce in respect of which it was committed.--
- S. 56Procedure when offender not known, or cannot be found.--
- S. 57Procedure as to perishable property seized under Section 52.--
- S. 58Appeal from orders under Sections 54, 55 and 56.--
- S. 59Property when to vest in Government.--
- S. 60Saving of power to re-lease property seized.--
- S. 61Punishment for wrongful seizure.--
- S. 62Penalty for counterfeiting or dafacing marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary-marks.--
- S. 63Power to arrest without warrant.--
- S. 64Power to prevent commission of offence.--
- S. 65Power to try offences summarily.--
- S. 66Operation of other laws not barred.--
- S. 67Power to compound offences.--
- S. 68Presumption that forest-produce belongs to Government.--
Chapter Chapter XI
Chapter CHAPTER XII
Chapter CHAPTER XIII
Chapter CHAPTER XIV
- S. 78Persons hound to assist Forest-officer and Police-officers.--
- S. 79Management of forests the joint property of Government and other persons.--
- S. 80Failure to perform service for which a share in produce of Government forest is enjoyed.--
- S. 81Recovery of money due to Government.--
- S. 82Lien on forest-produce for such money.--
- S. 83Land required under this Act to be deemed to be needed for a public purpose under Land Acquisition Act.--