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The Meghalaya Forest (Removal of Timber) (Regulation) Act (Act No.12 of 1981),1981

Meghalaya

An Act to regulate and control removal of timber outside the State for the preservation of forests and to prevent their indiscriminate destruction and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

Act number
12 of 1981
Ministry
Meghalaya Law Department
Department
Law Department
Enacted
29 May 1981

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Open on India Code Check against the official text before relying on it.

22 sections

  1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. Section 2Definitions
  3. Section 3Removal of timber outside the State.
  4. Section 4Application for License and its disposal.
  5. Section 5License fee and period of its validity.
  6. Section 6Appeal
  7. Section 7Penalty
  8. Section 8Power to direct submission of report or return.
  9. Section 9Power to enter, search, arrest and detain
  10. Section 10Searches and arrest how to be made.
  11. Section 11Prediction of persons arrested and things seized.
  12. Section 12Report of arrest and seizure.
  13. Section 13Erection of check- posts.
  14. Section 14Penalty for refusal of produce things or furnish information
  15. Section 15Power to compound offence.
  16. Section 16Hen Court to take cognizance of offence.
  17. Section 17Bar of suit in Civil Courts.
  18. Section 18Suit, etc., against authority, Officers or persons acting in good faith.
  19. Section 19Officer and person to be public servants.
  20. Section 20Effect of other laws.
  21. Section 21Exemption
  22. Section 22Power to make rules.