Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
If, in the opinion of the State Government, it is necessary for the preservation of a forest, or forests, they may, by notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette:- (i) Prohibit or regulate, the doing of any act likely to be detrimental to the preservation of such forest or forests; (ii) Regulate the exercise of customary or prescriptive rights in such forest or forests. 6-A The provisions of Chapter VII of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, shall apply to offences punishable under this Act subject to the following modifications, namely;- (i) in section 41, the provision shall be omitted (ii) in section 42, after the words 'the Magistrate shall, the expression "subject to the provisions of section 8 of the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949" shall be inserted; (iii) in section 14 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 District Forest Officer; and in any other case" shall be omitted; (iv) in sections 45 and 49, for the words "the District Forest Officer" the words "Committee" shall be substituted; (v) in section 50- (a) clause (a) shall be omitted; (b) in clause (c), the word 'or' occurring at the end shall be omitted; and (c) clause (d) shall be omitted; (vi) section 56 shall be omitted 7 (1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 3 or any of the terms of a notification under section 6 shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, it shall be lawful for any Magistrate of the first class, specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf, to impose a sentence of fine exceeding one thousand rupees.