Bare ActsThe Gujarat Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1972.

Section 5

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If any forest land has not been assessed, the amount of assessment for the purpose of this Part shall be such as shall be fixed by the Collector, having regard to the amount of assessment which would have been leviable on the same extent of forest land of similar nature in the same area. PART-B Principles for calculating amount to be paid to owners of private forests in respect of trees other than bamboos. Amount per tree in rupees Girth at breast height Teak Superior Inferior Injaili injaili (a) For trees in Broach, Surat, Bulsar and Dangs Districts:— Below 20 cms .. .. Nil Nil Nil 20 cms. and above but below 30 cms 0.66 0.30 0.06 30 cms. and above but below 45 cms 2.27 1.06 0.17 45 cms. and above but below 60 cms 4.05 2.23 0.33 60 cms. and above but below 75 cms 6.64 3.43 0.56 75 cms. and above but below 90 cms 10.08 4.36 0.62 90 cms. and above but below 105 cms 16.02 6.08 1.07 105 cms. and above but below 120 cms 22.26 8.49 1.46 120 cms. and above .. .. .. 27.04 11.51 1.79 (b) For trees in all districts of the State other than Broach, Surat, Bulsar and Dangs Districts :— Below 20 cms. .. .. Nil Nil Nil 20 cms. and above but below 30 cms 0.45 0.19 0.03 30 cms. and above but below 45 cms 1.39 0.48 0.12 45 cms. and above but below 60 cms 3.26 1.07 0.27 60 cms. and above but below 75 cms 5.75 1.75 0.60 75 cms. and above but below 90 cms 8.61 2.60 0.63 90 cms. and above but below 105 cms 13.22 4.23 1.02 105 cms. and above . 15.74 5.04 1.74 Note.—-1 No amount shall be paid for any tree the height of which is reduced to 4 metres or less on account of the upper portion thereof being chopped off. Note.—2 (a) "Superior injaili" means khair, sisam, haldu, sadad, kalam, bigo, tannach, sivan and mahuda. (b) "Inferior injaili" means any tree other than teak or superior injaili. PART C Principles for calculating amount to be paid to owners of private forests in respect of bamboos. (1) For bamboos having length of 4 meters and above :- Amount in rupees per 100 bamboos Kind of bamboo. Maval Katus Others (a) in Broach, Surat, Bulsar and Dangs districts .. .. .. 20 37.50 …. (b) in Panchmahals district …. …. 7.50 (c) in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhav- nagar, Surendranagar, Amreli and Kutch districts …. …. 10.00 (d) in all districts of the State, other than those specified above …. …. 4.50 (2) For bamboos having less than 4 meters length .. .. Nil …. …. ---------------- 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, See Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part V, Dated the 10th November, 1972, page 272.  This Act was assented to by the President on the 24th June, 1973.  This Act has ceased to have effect on the expiry of the period of one year after revocation of the Proclamation by the President. 2 This proviso was added by Guj. 6 of 1985, s. 2 (1). 3 Sub-section (2) was Deleted by guj. 6 of 1985, r.2(2). 4 These words were substituted for the words "shall be paid in cash" by Guj. 6 of 1985 s. 3. 5 These words were added by Guj. 6 of 1985, s. 4. 6 Section 17, was re-numbered as sub-section (1)[ by Guj. 6 of 1985 s. 5. 7 sub-section (2) was inserted by Guj. 6 of 1985, s. 5 of that section 5.

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