The UNITED PROVINCES PRIVATE FORESTS ACT, 1948
uttar-pradesh · 1949
- S. 1Short title, extent and commencement
- S. 2Act not to apply to certain lands
- S. 3Definitions, Act No. 16 of 1927
- S. 4Power to prohibit the cutting of trees
- S. 5Rights in notified area or forest to be exercisable in accordance with this Ac
- S. 6Restrictions on rights to cut, collect, or remove timber, etc. for domestic or agricultural needs
- S. 7Restrictions on right to reclaim forest for purposes of cultivation
- S. 8Height of which trees and age of bamboo culms that may be cut
- S. 9Certain persons not to sell or transfer timber cut in any forest
- S. 10Restrictions on rights of landlord, or persons claiming through landlord to cut and remove timber or forest produce
- S. 11Restrictions on right to graze cattle
- S. 12Grant of permits to fell trees
- S. 13Management of forests by owner under an approved working plan
- S. 14Management of the forest
- S. 15Offences under this Chapter and trial of such offences and penalties thereof
- S. 16Power to constitute a vested forest
- S. 17Notification by State Government
- S. 18Hearing of objections
- S. 19Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer
- S. 20Inquiry by Forest Settlement Officer
- S. 21Power of Forest Settlement Officer
- S. 22Order on claims to rights of pasture or to forest produce
- S. 23Manner in which Forest Settlement Officer should pass orders
- S. 24Suspension of rights when required for the conservation of a forest
- S. 25Extinction of rights
- S. 26Prohibition of further contracts
- S. 27Prohibition of cutting of trees
- S. 28Procedure for dealing with claims of forest contractors
- S. 29Appeal from orders passed under Section 22, Section 24 or Section 28
- S. 30Appeal under Section 29
- S. 31Pleaders
- S. 32Notification declaring an area to be a vested fores
- S. 33Publication of translation of such notification in neighbourhood of forest
- S. 34Control and management of vested forests to vest in the State Government
- S. 35Appointment of Forest Officers for vested forests
- S. 36Power to invest Forest Officers with certain powers
- S. 37Demarcation of vested forests
- S. 38Extent to which landlord is to be allowed to remove timber and other produce from vested forest
- S. 39State Government to receive all revenues from and incur expenditure on vested forest
- S. 40Maintenance of revenue and expenditure account
- S. 41Payment of allowances for, and net profits of vested forests to landlord
- S. 42Right of rightholders to be exercised in accordance with rules
- S. 43Grouping of forests for management
- S. 44System of annual coupes
- S. 45Extent of rights of right-holders to be varied by Forest Officer
- S. 46Release of vested forests
- S. 47Forest offences
- S. 48Penalties for breach of rules
- S. 49Seizures of property liable to confiscation
- S. 50Procedure thereupon
- S. 51Power to release property seized under Section 49
- S. 52Tress, timber, forest produce, tools etc., when liable to confiscation
- S. 53Disposal or conclusion of trial for forest offences of produce in respect of which it was committed
- S. 54Procedure when offender not known or cannot be found
- S. 55Procedure as to perishable property seized under Section 49
- S. 56Appeal from orders under Sections 52, 53 or 54
- S. 57Property when to vest in the State Government
- S. 58Saving of power to release property seized
- S. 59Penalty for counterfeiting or defacting marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary marks
- S. 60Power to arrest without warrant
- S. 61Power to prevent commission of offence
- S. 62Power to compound offence
- S. 63Presumption that forest produce belongs to vested forest
- S. 64Application of Cattle Trespass Act (I of 1871)
- S. 65Power to alter fines fixed under Cattle Trespass Act, 1871
- S. 66Forest Officers deemed public servants
- S. 67Forest Officer not to trade
- S. 68Bar of suits and other proceedings
- S. 69Persons bound to assist Forest Officers and Police Officers
- S. 70Management of groves and grove-lands
- S. 71Application of the Act to groves
- S. 72Recovery of money due to Government
- S. 73Lien on forest produce for money due to Government
- S. 74Recovery of penalties due under bond
- S. 75Power to make rules
- S. 76Savings