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Power to make rules and prescribe penalties :– (1) The State Government may make rules to regulate the following matters, namely : (a) the salving, collection and disposal of all timber mentioned in Section 49; (b) the use and registration of boats used in salving and collecting timber; (c) the amounts to be paid for salving, collecting, moving, storing or disposing of such timber; and (d) the use and registration of hammers and other instruments to be used for making such timber. (2) In making any rule under this Section, the State Government may provide that a breach thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year 1[and with fine] which may extend to one thousand rupees 2[***] 3[CHAPTER - VII-A] PROVISIONS RELATING TO SANDAL WOOD 55-A. Sandal-trees to be exclusive property of State Government :– (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, contract, grant or other instruments but save as provided in Section 55-B. (i) all sandal trees which may grow in any land on or after the date of commencement of the Odisha Forest (Amendment) Act, 1990; and (ii) all sandal trees existing on any land prior to the commencement of the Odisha Forest (Amendment) Act, 1990 shall be the exclusive property of the State Government. (2) Where, in any proceedings taken under this Act, a question arises as to whether any sandal wood is the property of the State Government, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be the part of a sandal tree which was the exclusive property of State Government under Sub- Section (1), and in the case of any prosecution, the burden of proving the contrary shall lie on the accused. 55-B. Disposal of sandal-wood belonging to private persons :– (1) Any person who by terms of his title to the land, grants or by judicial decision or otherwise, was prior to the commencement of the Odisha Forest (Amendment) Act, 1990, legally entitled to the sandal trees in his