Forests (Amendment) Act (Act No. 56 of 1979). Pays/Territoire Sri Lanka Type du document Législation Date 1979 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Forêts Mot clé Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Préservation de l'écosystème Forêt de protection Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière Mesures de protection des forêts Infractions/sanctions Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Résumé This Act amends sections 7, 20, 21, 25, 27, 30, 49, 58, 64, and 78 of the Forest Ordinance. Section 7 is replaced by the following provisions on prohibited activities. Any person who makes any fresh clearing in a reserved forest; or gets fire to a reserved forest, or in contravention of any regulations made by the Minister kindles any fire, or leaves any fire burning in such manner as to endanger the reserved forest or any part thereof; or who, in a reserved forest; kindles, keeps or carries any fire except at such seasons and in such manner as a forest officer, specially empowered in this behalf, may from time to time notify, etc. erects a scaffolding or constructs a saw fit; clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or any other purpose or cultivates any land already cleared; erects any building whether permanent or temporary, or occupies any building so erected; constructs or uses any road constructed; or damages, alters, or removes any wall, ditch, embankment, fence, hedge, railing or other boundary mark; shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.lawnet.gov.lk Références - Législation Amende Forest Ordinance (No. 16 of 1907 - Chapter 283). Législation | Sri Lanka | 1908 (1979) Mot clé: Loi-cadre, Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts, Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière, Aire protégée, Classement/déclassement, Transport/dépôt, Service forestier/agents forestiers, Infractions/sanctions Source: FAO, FAOLEX