Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.

The provisions of Chapter VIII of the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 (4 of 1962), shall apply to offences punishable under this Act, subject to the following modifications, namely:- (a) in Section 52, the proviso to sub-section (2) shall be omitted; (b) in Section 54, after the words "the Magistrate shall", the words and figures "subject to the provisions of Section 10 of the Kerala Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1972" shall be inserted; (c) in Section 56, the words "shall, if it is the property of the Central or State Government or has been confiscated, be taken possession of by or under the authority of the Divisional Forest Officer; and in any other case it" shall be omitted; (d) in Section 57, for the words "the Divisional Forest Officer" the words "the District Collector" shall be substituted; (e) in Section 61, for the words "a Forest Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Conservator of Forests holding charge of a Forest Division", the words "the District Collector" shall be substituted; (f) in Section 62,- (i) clause (a) shall be omitted; (ii) in clause (c), the word "or" occurring at the end shall be omitted; and (iii) clause (d) shall be omitted; (g) Section 69 shall be omitted.