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ASSAM FOREST REGULATION, 1891

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R.1 Title, extent and commencement
R.2 .
R.3 Definitions
R.4 Power to constitute reserved forest
R.5 Notification by State Government of proposal to constitute a reserved forest
R.6 Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer
R.7 Bar of accrual of forest rights after proclamation
R.8 Inquiry by Forest Settlement Officer
R.9 Powers of Forest Settlement Officer
R.10 Treatment of claims relating to practice of jhum cultivation
R.11 Power to acquire land over which right is claimed
R.12 Order on claim to right-of way, water-course or pasture, or to forest produce
R.13 Provisions for right of pasture or to forest produce admitted
R.14 Commutation of such rights
R.15 Appeal from order passed under foregoing sections
R.16 Appeals under the last foregoing section
R.17 Notification declaring forest reserve
R.18 Extinction of rights not claimed
R.19 Publication of translation of such notification on neighbourhood of forest
R.20 Power to revise arrangement made under Section 13 or 16
R.21 Acquisition of right over reserved forests
R.22 Alienation of right in reserved forests
R.23 Power to stop ways and water courses in reserved forests
R.24 Penalties for trespass or damage in reserved forests
R.25 Acts prohibited in such forests
R.26 Acts excepted from Sections 24 and 25
R.27 Penalty for offences committed by persons having rights in reserved forest
R.28 Power to declare forests no longer reserved
R.29 Constitution of village forests
R.30 Power to make rules for village forests
R.31 Inquiry into and settlement of rights
R.32 Reserved trees in unsettled tracts
R.33 Protection of settled forest belonging to the Government
R.34 Protection of unsettled forests belonging to the Government
R.35 Penalties
R.36 Nothing in this Chapter to prohibit acts done in certain cases
R.36-A Protection of forests for special purposes
R.36-B Power to assume management of forest
R.36-C Expropriation of forests in certain cases
R.36-D Protection of forests at the request of owners
R.37 Power to impose duty on forest produce
R.38 Power to exempt forest produce from duty
R.39 Provisions of Chapter not to limit purchase money or royalty
R.40 Power to make rules to regulate transit of forest produce
R.40-A Powers of Central Government as to movement of timber across customs frontiers
R.41 Penalties for breach of rules under last foregoing section
R.42 All persons bound to aid in case of accident at revenue station
R.43 Certain kinds of timber to be deemed to be the property of the State Government until title thereto proved
R.44 Notice to claimants of timber of those kinds
R.45 Procedure on claim preferred to such timber
R.46 Disposal of unclaimed timber
R.47 Payment to be made by claimant before timber is delivered to him
R.48 Power to make rules and prescribe penalties
R.49 Seizure of property liable to confiscation
R.49-A Power to release property seized under Section 49
R.49-B Review
R.49-C Appeals
R.50 Procedure on receipt by Magistrate of report of seizure
R.51 Forest produce, tools, etc. when liable to confiscation
R.52 Disposal on conclusion of trial for forest-offence of produce in respect of which it was committed
R.53 Procedure when offender is not known or cannot be found
R.54 Procedure as to perishable property seized under Section 49
R.55 Appeal from orders under Sections 51, 52 and 53
R.56 Vesting of confiscated property in state Government
R.57 Saving of power to release properties seized
R.58 Punishment for wrongful seizure
R.59 Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on tress and timber and for altering boundary marks
R.60 Power to arrest without warrant
R.61 Power to prevent commission of offence
R.62 Power to compound offences
R.63 Presumption that forest produce belongs to Government
R.64 Compensation for damage caused by commission of offences
R.65 Forfeiture of leases
R.66 Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 to apply
R.67 Power to alter fines fixed by the Act
R.68 Investiture of Forest Officers with certain powers
R.69 Forest Officers deemed to be public servants
R.70 Indemnity for acts done in good faith
R.71 Forest Officers not to trade
R.72 Additional powers to make rules
R.73 Rules when to have force of law
R.74 Persons bound to assist Forest Officer and Police Officer
R.75 Recovery of money due to the Government
R.76 Lien on forest produce for such money
R.77 Government and its officers not liable for loss or damage in respect of certain forest produce
R.78 Land required under this Regulation to be deemed to be needed for public purpose
R.79 Recovery of penalties due under bond
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