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Forest Policy Division. MOEF&CC. Go I | Proposed Indian Forest (Amendment) Ad. 2o)>i|
Dated 07.03.2019
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AMENDMENT TO INDIAN FOREST ACT, 1927
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Proposed amendment Comments of State/UT Government
Section Indian Forest Act, 1927
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INDIAN FOREST ACT 1927 THE INDIAN FOREST ACT, 2019
Preamble: "Preamble:
An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the “An "act to provide for conservation, enrichment and
transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on sustainable management of forest resources and matters
timber and other forest-produce. connected therewith to safeguard ecological stability to
ensure provision of ecosystem services in perpetuity and
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law to address the concerns related to climate change and
relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and international commitments. ”
the duty leviable on timber and other forest-
produce: it is hereby enacted as follows:-
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WHEREAS it is imperative to conserve forests, to
improve the ecosystem services that flow from forests,
to ensure environmental stability and wellbeing of
people in genera) and forest dependent people in
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particular, to meet the national developmental
aspirations and the various international commitments,
to strengthen and support the forest based traditional
knowledge and all matters connected therewith or
ancillary or incidental thereto, with peoples'
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participation and to provide a comprehensive legislation
to deal with issues related to forestry sector and
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therefore the Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2019 is
enacted as under:
Be it enacted in the year ............................. by the
Parliament of the Republic of India as follows:
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Short title and extent-— 1. Short title and extent—
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This Act may be called the Indian Forest Act, 1927. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest
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(Amendment) Act. 2019.
It extends to the whole of India except the territories (2) It extends to the whole of India, except the State of
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which immediately before the 1*' November, 1956, Jammu & Kashmir.
were comprised in Part B Stales.
It applies to the territories, which, immediately (3) It shall come into force with effect from.............
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before !sl November. 1956. were comprised in the
Slate of Bihar. Bombay. Coorg, Delhi, Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West
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Bengal; but the Government of any State may by
notification in the Official Gazette bring this Act
into force in the whole or any specified part of that
State to which this Act extends and where it is not in
force.
2, Interpretation Clause— 2. Definition-
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the
subiect or context,- subject or context,-
“cattle” includes elephants, camels, buffaloes, (}) “cattle” includes domesticated /captive population of
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horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, cows, oxen and other
asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and livestock such as camels, elephants, donkeys, goats,
horses, mares, mithuns, mules, pigs, sheep, yaks, or any
kids;
other domesticated animals notified by Central or Stale
Government and also their young;
(2) “claimant” in respect of any land means a person,
claiming to be entitled to the land or any other interest
therein acquired, owned, settled or possessed or
purported to have been acquired, owned, settled or
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