Forest Act, 1927. Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1927 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce. Subject Forestry, Water Keyword Framework law Classification/declassification Private forest Public forest Timber extraction/logging Timber Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Non-timber products Planting material/seeds Community management Freshwater pollution Pollution control Water rights Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Act consists of 13 Chapters divided into 68 sections: Preliminary (I); Of Reserved Forests (II); Of Village Forests ans Social Forestry (III); Of Protected Forests (IV); Of the control over forests and lands not being the property of the Government (V); Of the duty on timber and other forest-produce (VI); Of the Control of Timber and other Forest-produce in transit (VII); Of the collection of drift and stranded timber (VIII); Penalties and procedure (IX); Cattle trespass (X); Of Forest Officers (XI); Subsidiary rules (XII); Miscellaneous (XIII). Full text English Website bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd References - Legislation Amended by Private Forests Ordinance, 1959 (E.P. Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1959). Legislation | Bangladesh | 1959 (1973) Keyword: Basic legislation, Private forest, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation, Policy/planning, Credit, Forestry protection measures, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX