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Power of the Government to give direction. — The Government may from time to time give to the Tree Officers, other officers of the Tree Authority and officers subordinate to them general or special directions regarding the discharge of their functions and for carrying out effectively the purposes of this Act, and such Tree Officers and other officers shall comply with the directions issued. 22[35-A Constitution of tree protection fund.— (1) There shall be constituted a fund to be called the Tree Protection Fund. The following amount shall be paid into and form part of the fund, namely:— (i) all Government grants, donations from company or institutions, fees, charges received by the Tree Officer; (ii) all proceeds of the disposal of tree, if any, by the Tree Officer; (iii) all sums collected by the Tree Officer from such other source as may be decided by the Government. (2)The funds shall be applied for meeting all expenses incurred by the Tree Officer or the Deputy Collector exercising the power under section 12-A, as the case may be, in connection with discharge of his functions under this Act. 35-B (1) Account and Audit.— The Tree Officer and the Deputy Collector exercising the power under section 12-A of this Act shall prepare account and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of account in such form as may be prescribed by the Government in consultation with the Director of Accounts, Government of Goa. The account maintained under this section shall be audited by the Directorate of Accounts, Government of Goa at such intervals as may be specified by the Government and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit, shall be payable by the Tree Officer to the Directorate of Accounts from the fund so created. (2) The Account of Tree Protection Fund as certified by the Directorate of Accounts or any other person appointed by it in this behalf, together with audit report thereon, shall be forwarded annually to the Government and the Government shall cause the same to be laid before the State Legislative Assembly.] 36.Power to make rules.— The Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 37.Provision of this Act to be in addition to any other law for the time being in force. — Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the operation of any other law and the rules made thereunder and the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of the said Act and rules made thereunder. 38.Repeal and saving.— (1) The Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees (No. 2) Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. 2 of 1984) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal anything done or any action taken in exercise of any power conferred by or under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of the powers conferred by or under this Act as if this Act were in force on the day on which such thing or action was done or taken. SCHEDULE I (See section 2) Areas comprising of land, outside the urban areas, under cultivation of coconut, areca-nuts, rubber, cocoa, cashewnut, mango, sapota or any other horticultural crop, including woodlots, and land belonging to the Government and leased out in favour of others. SCHEDULE II (See section 2) Areas comprising of lands outside the urban areas other than those included in Schedule I. Secretariat, U. D. SHARMA, Panaji-Goa, Secretary to the Government Dated:- 20th August, 1984. of Goa, Daman and Diu, Law Department (Legal Advice). ____________________________________________________