Forests (Timber Cutting, Conversion Processing and Conveyancing) (Prohibition) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. No. 102 of 2003)

GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 102 OF 2003 The Forests Act (Laws, Volume VI, Cap. 199) The Forests (Timber Cutting, Conversion Processing and Conveyancing) (Prohibition) Regulations, 2003 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in section sixty-eight of the Forests Act, the following Regulations are hereby made: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Forests (Timber Cutting, Extraction, Conversion, Processing and Conveyance) (Prohibition) Regulation, 2003. 2. (1) No person shall cut, fell, convert, process, convey or remove timber in any form, from an indigenous forest within Zambia. (2) Sub-regulation (1) shall not apply to wood— (a) from pine, eucalyptus and any other exotic tree species; or (b) which is already in a factory or on a sawmilling site and is being manufactured into value added finished wood products. 3. (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of these Regulations, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction— (a) if the offence was committed within, or in connection with, a National Forest, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred penalty units, or to both; and (b) in all other cases, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred penalty units, or to both. 4. The Sawmilling and Pitsawing Licences issued under the Act are hereby revoked. P. K. KALIFUNGWA, LUSAKA Minister of Tourism, Environment 11th September, 2003 and Natural Resources [MTENR.101/18/10] Supplement to the Republic of Zambia Government 479 Gazette dated Friday, 12th September, 2003 Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtained from Kas Electronic Publishers, Tel: 221424, P.O. Box 31075, 10101 Lusaka. Title Prohibition of cutting, conversion, processing and conveyance of timber Offences and penalties Revocation of licences for timber concessions