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Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 (No. 7 of 1891).

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Assam
Document type
Regulation
Date
1891 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
A regulation to amend the law relating to Forest, Forest produce and the duty leviable on timber in Assam.
Subject
Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Forest service/forest officers Forestry protection measures Institution Forest management/forest conservation Grazing Timber Timber extraction/logging Offences/penalties Management/conservation
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Regulation establishes that the State Government may constitute any land at the disposal of the Government as reserved forest. For the purposes of such inquiry the Settlement Officer may exercise: a) power to enter, by himself or any Officer authorized by him for the purpose, upon any land, and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same; and b) the powers of a Civil Court in the trial of suits. When the Forest Settlement Officer has admitted wholly or in part and recorded under the last foregoing section a claim to a right of pasture or to forest produce, he shall as far as possible, provide for the exercise of such right in specific ways. In addition, it establishes offences and penalties for any person who in a reserved forest performs the following activities: trespassing, damaging, pasturing cattle, permitting cattle to trespass, or cutting or dragging any timber.

Full text
English
Website
forest.assam.gov.in

References - Legislation

Implements

Indian Forest Act, 1927.

Legislation | India | 1927 (2018)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Protection forest, Private forest, Public forest, Timber extraction/logging, Classification/declassification, Forest management/forest conservation, Sustainable development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX