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Forestry Credit Act (R.S.Q., c. C-78).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Legislation
Date
1975 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Credit Private forest Public forest Forestry protection measures Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Afforestation/reforestation Planting material/seeds
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Act lays down provisions relating to credits for forestry. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as “minister”, “agency”, “forest”, “forestry”, “forest in the domain of the State”, “private forest”, “management plan”, “loan”, “manager”, “permit holder”. The said Law establishes the various requirements needed in order to obtain credits and loans as follows: 1) purchase of forest seeds and plants; 2) purchase or repair of forest machinery, equipment or implements; 3) purchase or improvement of sugary material or equipment;4) improvement to the borrower's forest; 5) protection of the forest against deteriorative agents; 6) purchase, construction or improvement of buildings. The text consists of 54 articles divided in 5 Parts as follows: Definitions (I); Loans (II); Protection of and realizing upon security by the agency (III); Regulations (IV); General and final provisions (V).

Full text
English
Website
www.gouv.qc.ca