Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 (Act No. 27 of 1949). Pays/Territoire Inde Sous-division territoriale Tamil Nadu Type du document Législation Date 1949 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of private forests and interference with customary and prescriptive rights therein and for certain other purposes. Sujet Forêts, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Forêt privée Forêt de protection Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Aire protégée Infractions/sanctions Protection de l'habitat Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Résumé The Act aims to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of private forests and interference with customary and prescriptive rights. The Law applies to forests situated in estates defined in the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908; to private forests situated in other areas in the State and having a contiguous area exceeding 2 hectares which may be declared by the District Collector to be forests for the purposes of this Act. It does not apply to reserved forests constituted under the Tamil Nadu Forests Act, 1882, and lands at the disposal of the Government as defined in that Act. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.lawsofindia.org