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CHAPTER VIII Offences, Penalties and Procedure Seizure of property liable to confiscation. Power to release property seized under section 52. Procedure thereupon. Timber, forest produce, 'tools, etc., when liable to confiscation. Disposal on conclusion of trial for forest offence, of produce in respect of which it w~s committed. Procedure when offender is not known. I ' Procedure as to perishable property seized under section 52. Appeal from orders under sections 55, 56 and 57. Property when to vest in Government. Saving of power to release property seized. Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and for altering boundary marks. Power to arrest without warrant. Power to release on bonds persons arrested under section 63. Punishment for wrongful seizure or arrest. Power to prevent commission of offence. Operation of other laws not barred. Power to compound offences. Presumption that timber or forest produce belongs to Govern- ment . • '. l I • ;b Sections. 17 CHAPTER IX Cattle Trespass