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Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 (No. 5 of 1964).

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Karnataka
Document type
Legislation
Date
1964 (2002)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Private forest Protection forest Public forest Classification/declassification Timber
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

The Act grants the State government the powers to constitute reserved forests, district forest and village forests in the State. Additionally, the government shall appoint a Forest Settlement Officer who shall have the power to enter, by himself or any officer authorised by him for the purpose, upon any land, and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same and also have the powers of a Civil Court in the trial of suits related to matters of this Act. The Act also lays down the process by which the government may gain control over private forest land in the State.

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969.

Legislation | India | 1969

Keyword: Private forest, Protection forest, Public forest, Forest fires, Forest management/forest conservation, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX