Exploitation of State Forests Regulations, 1968 (L. N. No. 345 of 1968)

LEGAL NOTICE No. 345 of 1968 Regulations Issue,d Pursuant to the State Forest Proclamation No. 225 o( 1965. Issuing Authority The~e Regulations are issued by the Minister of Agricullure pursuant to authority vested in •h.im by Artiole 7 0£ the Slate Forest Proclamation No. 225 of 1965. 2. Short Title These Regulations may he ci-tetl as tl1e "Exploitation of Stale Fore1<ta Regulations, 1968." 3. Definitions In these Regulations unless the context otl1erwiso re,1uires, t,he words: "forest", "forest ,tree", "forest pro• duct." "Minister," "Ministry," "person" and wildlife" shall •have 1he meaning as sot forth in Article 3 of t·he Stale Forest Proclamation No. 225 of 1965. 4. Forest Operation Plan No state forest shall be exploited unless in conformity with an operation plan or in exceptional cases in con formity with a preliminary working scheme, approved and issued in respect of such foreat by the Ministry, ,pro vided, however, that villagers and local lnhahitanta enti tled to purchase forest products under Arllicle 6,(2) below are exempted from it:he provisions of this paragrap11. 5. Marking the Trees for Cuiting No •tree shall he cut under the operation plan unless previously markecl by ·the Ministry. 6. Metlwds of Exploitaticn Exploitation of state forests can be carried out only: ( a) hy the Ministry; ( h) ,by villagers and lor,al inhabitants entitled to pur ohase state forest products under paragrap11 (2) of this Ar.tide 6. (o) by concessionaires in accordance wi~h a eales con tract signed in accordance with the provisions of ,paragraph ( 3) of this Article 6. ( l) E:cploirotio11 by M~ Ministry The Ministry can engage in the exploitation of state forests at any time and only for the purpose of better promoting the timber resources of the Empire of Et1Mopia and lo the extent necessary and proper to :reali~e the purposes of the State Fore.st Proclamation of No. 225 of 1965. (2) Purchase by Villagers and Local Inhabitants of State Forest Products In accordance wi.th instructions to he issued by die Minister, the Provincial Agricultural OfficeT tllay issue cutting permits lo villagers and local inha bitants to exploit state fore&tll in an amount that is neceissary .w satisfy the ordinary domestic needs of such villa,ger or local inhabit.ant, suoh amount not 1o exceed in any one year the value of one thousand Ethiopian Dollars (Eth. $1,000). A cutting permit s'hall be granted to a member of. a village community provided such member of a village community ia the highest bidder following an au.tion~ ( 3) Exploitation by Cancessfonaire$ Exploitation of state forests by concessions can he carried out only pursuant to a sales contraet between ,the concessionaire and the Ministry. The form of such sale, contract shall be prescribed by· the Ministry. 7. Marketing All persons sellin~ forest products acquiml under an exploitation permit or u'nder a sales contract shall I issue to the purchaser proper receipts which should indi cate the number of snch exploitation permit or sales con tract and the kind and amount of forest products without receipts which indicate the number of exploitation permit or sales contract. 8. Rule., far Auction or, Te,uler ( l) Sales of forest products shall he according to a syslcm of ten,ler in cases where the value of the products exceeds One Thousand Ethiopian Dollars ( Eth •. $1,000) and by auction in aU other eases. (2) Such sale shall he widely adverti,ed in a daily news paper or by mean.'! of posters or otherwise for a period of not less than one monl'h prior to the date of the opr.ning of the tender or the auction. The mlvertisment shall contain all the necessary informa• tion, ( 3) Auction sales or opening of lenders shall be con ducted by a oommil!tee of three persoll,!I to be appoint ed by the Minister. The purcha~e shall be awarded lo the person offering, the highest bid or submitting the highest tcnrler. Any per1mn violating the provmons of these Regulatiom or commit~ any offence under Article 8 of the State Forest Proclamation No. 225 of 1965 shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction he punished in accordance with the Pr.nal Code, 10. Effective Date These Regulations shall enter into force on the date 0£ their puhlieation in the Negarit Gueta. Done at Addia Ahaba this 30th day of September 1968. DEJAZMATCII GIRMATCHEW 'I1EKLE UAWARIAT Ministf!T' of Agriculture