Government Regulation No. 28 re Forest Protection

In vie,v of To s t i.puLat.e Considering Translatsd by CAFl v.JARrA CAFI UO o 22~±,~ . , ' N OC~9BER 2 .. 1985 33-RD YEAR. Co ,i~ l~ 'E R A L THE }'RESIDE}yr OF ~J.lIIE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA ~:IIE GOVERN1-IENT REGULA'l\ION OF 'J:HE REPUBLIC OF IlifDONESIA IWHBER 28 YEAH 1985 DATED JUNI 7, 1985 RE FOP~ST PROTECTION THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, : that in order to implement the provision of Article 15 of Law Number 5 Year 1967 on Fores try Principal Provisions (State Gazette Year 1967 Humber 8, Supplement to the Sta:te Gazette Kmnbc.r 2823), it is considered necessary to issue a Government Re~Jlatio2 re Forestry Pro tection; : 1 0 Article 5, paragraph (2) of the 1945 Cons titution; 20 Law Number 5 Year 1967 on Forestry Princi pal Provisions (State Gazette Year 1967 Humber 8, Supplement to the State Gazetl;~ Number 2823) ; HAS DECIDED : GOVER1ITlliNT REGULATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDO NESIA HE FORESTRY PROTECTION. CHAPTER I GDiERAL PROVISION Article 1 Besides the undQrst~nding as referred to in the Law Number 5 Year 1967 on Forestry ?rincipal ?rovisions, meant by in this Government; Regulation ar-o 10 Right holder of Forest Undertaking shall be an Indonesian corporate body who is granted a right for forest undertaking by the Minister; 2. Borde:r arrangement Shall be an activity, covering border pro jectjl0Dj border signal sticking into, measuring, mapping, and lIiaking au officinl document/I:linutes of the border arrangement; 30 Forest product collection shall be an activity to collect wood and other forest produces, and transport them to the col.le('~t:ine­ lot ; 4. Competent authority shall be an authority who based on the provisions of prevailing legislative regulation has competence to give licence; 5. l"iinistcr shall be the l-linister who will be responsible in field of forestry .. MGj24j09 The objecti-ve servation, so that of forest protection is to keep forest pre it can f~lfill its function. Article 3 To richieve the objective as referred to in Article 2, all efforts~ activities and measures shall be done to prevent and re3tr~~ct forest and forest produce damages caused by the human perfolmance, cattles, fire, natural power, plant pest and di seases, and to maintain and safeguard the state rights over fo~csts und forest produces. (2) (1 ) (2) CHAPTER II REGIONAL PROTECTION OF FOREST,RESERVE FOREST, AND OTHER FORESTS Article 4 The border arranbcment shall be performed towards every forest area which has been appointed as a forest area/region in accordance with tho prevailing legislative regulation. Except with a legitimC:lte competence, in accordance with the prevailing legislative regulation, every one shall be prOhibited to cut, to moV'e, to damage or depriving the harder signs of forest area. Article 5 The forest area utilization. in accordance with its function and allocation as stipulated in Article 3 and 4 of the rlaw Number 5 Year 1967. The forest area utilization, deviating from the provision of paragraph (1) one should get an approval from the Minis t2r .. Article 6 (1) The forost area and reserve forest shall be prohibited to be cultivated or inhabited, unless one has a permit from the l1inister .. (2) Other forost shall be cUltiv3ted by the authorized people, in accordance with the directives of the Minister. (1) (2) CHAPTER III rROTECTION OF FOREST LAND Article 7 The expLer-atic.on and exploitation activities, intended to take minerals performed in the forest area or reserve forest shall be givc~ by the competent agency after getting an ap proval from the MinistorG In the case the nrea fixation concerned as the forest area is executed after the granting of exploration and exploitation pc:cmit, further implementb.tion of said exploration and exg1.()i tation should be in accordnnce with the directiv8s of the l'1.:L nister. NG/24/09 (2) (3) In the forest a~0~ and roseI've forest, one shall be prohibi ted to unde.r-takc forest pr-oduce collection by using means, not being suitable with tho condition of land and field, or to perform anotiher action wn.ich might inflact damages to tho Land ana. fie1d.~ (4) The provision as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) Shall be furthel." regulated -by the Minister by observing other cOllcerned soctors' interest. Article 8 Tc.c presorvation of wa.ter .resource in the forest area, the rsserve forest, and other forests should be maintained. Anybody shall be prohibited to fell trees in a certain ra dius/distance from a spring, edge of a ravin, dam/reservoir, river, and stream, locating in the forest area, reserve forest, and other forests. (3) Tho provisicn as referred to in paragraph (2) shall be fur ther reb~lated by the Minister, responsible in field of irr.-igation. (1 ) (2) (1 ) (2) (2) CHAPTER IV PROTECTION TOWARDS FOREST DAMAGE Article 9 Othor thc.n the forestry officers or those who due to their tasks or interosts are allowed to stay in the forest area, everv body sholl be prohibited to bring tools which are usu allyV u s ed to cut, to fell and to cleave tr6es in the forest aroa. Everyone sball be prohibited to fell trees in the forest without ho.ving any permit from the competent authority. Ever.ybody sholl be prohibited to take/collect any forest produce without getting any porrai,t from the competent author rity .. Article 10 Everyone sholl be prohibited to set fire on the forest, ex cept with a legitimate competence. The people around the forest shall have the duty to partici pate in nialci.ng efforts to prevent and put out any forest fire" Irhe provisions on the forest fire preventions and extingu ishing 8h311 be regulated with a Government Regulation of the First Grade Region by observing the directives/instruc tions of the Hinistere Article 11 The cattle grazing in the forest, grass taking, and other cattles feed and offal/garboge in the forest can be only done at places designated especially for said need by the compot8nt authoritYe The provisions as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be regg. lnted with a Government RegUlation of the First Grade Region by observing the directives of the tlinister. NG/24/09 ~.rticJ.0 12 The attempts to prevent and !'estrict damage of forests and forest produce caused by the nnturo.l power, plant disease and other diseases shall be further regulated by the Minister. CHAPTER V PROTECTION OF FOREST PRODUCE Article 13 (1) I~ order to protect the state rights dealing with forest pro dr co , tl18 measurement and testing should be made towards tile forest produce. (2) ~he result of measuring and examining/testing towards the forest rroduce shall be the fixation calculating base of the state levy amount imposed to it. (3) The provision on tho measurement and examination of the forost produce 8::..0.11 be f'llI'th8r regulated by the I1inister. Article 14 (1) To prove the legalization of forest produce and fulfillment of the state levy duties imposed to it so that it can be used end transported, said forest produce should haye a legalization certificcte of forest produce o (2) The provisions with respect to legalization certificate of forest: produce and procedure to get it shall be regu.lat8c3. by tho Minister. be outside (2) (1 ) (2) CHliPTER VI IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREST PROTECTIONo Ar-tLc Le 15 The forestry ~goncies in the First Grade Region Shall responsible on the forest protection, both inside and the forest area .. Without prejud.icing the competence of Forestry Agency in field of forest protection, the Forest Undertaking Right Holder shnll be responsible for the forest protection in their respective area of forest undertaking right. Article 16 Certain Civil Governmont Servant Office~s in the circle of the Forostry AgGncies shall be granted competence as a S~e­ cial Police referred to in Article 18 of the Law Number 5 Year 19670 The Officers who are given a competence as the Special Poli ce as r8fe~red to in p~ragraph (1) shall have tho autho ritios : ao to conduct patrol/night watch in the forest area and its vicinity; be To check the letters or documents linking with forest pro duce transportation in the forest area or in its vicini~y and other pJ.oces which are by the Regional Government sti pulated as tho competence area.s of said Officers to in. vestigate forest produce ; c. to roceive any rcp()r~G on the occurance of a criminal action connectjng with forest and forestry; d. to d.etect!lJok for information and evidence of criminal action in field of forest~y; e. in the cose thnt someone is caught red-handed, they hrwo to capture. tho suspected to be submited to the In dC1l8sian Poli~e inves~igators; f o to prepare ~nd sign the report on the occurance of cri minal action in field of forestry. (3) 'r-i.:.c organizational Unit and work arrangement of the certain F/)18t'HDlent civil servant officers as referred to in para bl.J.ph ('I) shall be further r-egu.Lated by the Minister to g(~ther with the Commande.r of Armed Forces, in this case, the Head of PoJice of the Republic of Indonesia. (1 ) (2) Article 17 A po.rt of trne Of'f'Lc cr-s DS rofer;;:oed to in Article 16 para graph (2) are the identif;ying officers of certain govern ment civil sorvants in field o~ Forestry as referred to in Article 6~ pn:cagraph (1) letter b of the Law Number 8 Year 1~81 on the Criminal L~w, joo Article 2 of the Government Reg~lation Number 27 Year 1983 re the Criminal Code Book Implementation, Who due to their duties shall have the au thorities : a. to receive reports or claims on the criminal action oc curo.nce, connecting with forests and forestry; b o to stop and investigate one's identity card, being in the forest a~ea and its vicinity; co to perform 0 r~id and seizure of the criminal action evidence in field of forestry; d., to call S0111Cone for his information and to be examined/ investig~ted as the suspected or witness on the criminal action in field of forestry; eo to prepare nnd sign the Official Documents; fo to stop inv8stigo.ticn/identificntion when thore are no~ strong evidences on the existence of criminal action in fiold of forestry; g .. to ask for ident:ifJ::'ng directives and assistances to the Indonesian Police inv8s'tigntors/identifierso Tho appointment procedure of certnin Government Civil Servant Officers DS I'c;ferrGd to in paragraph (1) shall be regulated in accordunc e I.'lith the provision of prevailing legislative regulCttion o CHAPTER VII CRIML~AL PROVISION Article 18 Those i'J110 intentionally break/violate the provision of Article 6, paragraph (1) or Article 9 paragraph (2) in the.forest being stiDu1ntcd as the protected forest, and Artlcle 10 pa ragraph (1) 8h0.11 be punished with imprisonmBut of the lonGost 10 (ten) yoars or fine of at the most lip 100,DOO,OOO. (rupiah one hundred million). I"lG/2LL!09 to the of at the 1,000,000 of Article 4- paragraph of Article 9 paragraphb~ breDk tho provision (2) ; (3) ; Co broak the prov~s~on of Article 11 paragraph (1) ; d. own and/or govern nnd/o:::' transport the forest produce without nccompaniment of legalization certificate of forest pr-oduc o as refer.red to in Article 14- poragrnph (1), while said forest produce in the form of raw mate rials have been transferred from their collecting J?lA.ces; shall be punished with imprisonment of the longest 1 (one) vear or a fino of at the most Rp 5,000,OOO .. -(rupiah five million) .. 5I;hOSG who in-centiono.lly brock the provision of Article, pa ragraph (1) or Article 9 ~Dragraph (2) in the forest which is not tho ~rotectGd forest shDll be punished with im~rison roent of at tho longest 5 (five) years or fine of at the most Rp 20~000,OOO.- (rupiah twenty million). Those liTho : Ca break the provision of Article 5, ~aragraph (2) or Arti cle 7~ paragraphs (1), (2), and \3) or Article 8 para grcph (2); or b~ because of their negligence. it inflicts fire fo:c·est, shall be punished with imprisonment longBst 1 (oue) year or a fine at the most Rp (r-.,lp:Lah one million) .. Ill/lOSO who intentionally 0 .. brcalc the pr-ova.srcon (2) (6) (7) Those who intentionally b:r?cak the provision of Article 6 par~grcph (2) or Article 9 paragraph (1) shall be punished T;ri.th imprisonment of at the longest 6 (six) months or a fi!l8 of at the 11l.ost Rp 2,500~000 (rupiah two million and fi-ire hundred "lchous<:ln.d). The act'Lon as ref e:::-rod to in Article 18 paragraph (1), (2) and (3) is a crime, while the action as referred to in Ar t:1.cle 18 parag::o.pllS (4) and (5) is on infringement. All things acquired frem and all tools or objects used to perform the ~rimincl nc,tion as refer'red to in this article C2U be seized fo~ the State property. CH1\J?TER VIII Tlli'~STIONAL PROVISION Article 19 When this Govorrunent Regulation has come into force, all equivalent or lO-vler legisl~ti ve regulations on forest protection shoLL r0IIlain effoctiVO, as long as they ar-e not in c orrur-averrtri.on with this Governmel~t Regulation, or have not been nmend.ed or changed bused on this Government Regulatiouo CHfJ?TER IX COl1CLUnTI{G PROVISION Article 20 MG-/24-/09 'l'his Govornmont Hogu}.oti,)!l ahnl L como into force on the date of pr-omuLgatLon e Por public know i edge , the promulgation of this Government Re gl.'l[,.tCion should be pLcc ed in the state Gazette of the Republic of IndOl"'..8 f:lio. o Il1[:.cC8(\ in Jak:Jrta On J'1F::o; '7 1985 I ~ Till: 1'1HTISfl::m/8TATE SECRET.lI.RY OJ? TIm Hj~Fu13IJIC' OJ? INDONESIA (, . diJlgne Stipulated in Jakarta On June 7, 1985 THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA Signed SOEHARTO "G" I-I,', 'P )V'ON'O~ LI J~.Ul , , s 0 ~I., THE STll.TE GAZETrrE CF' THE EEPUBLIC OF INDONESIA YEAR 1985 NO .. 39 E L U C I D A T ION o N 'rIIE GOVEHHI1ENT RSGULATION OF TIffi REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA 1TffiIBER 28 YEAR 1985 RE FOREST PROTECTION GENERAL" A forest is a ~2turo.l reSG~l.rCG, being the blessing of God Almigh ty? which h 0.8 0. v€·ry Lmpor-tarrt function for water arrangement, prevt;ntir:g tn.8 danger of flood and er-otLon, fostering the land fertility, and prGservation of living environment, so that in o£ der to benefit it pre3ervingly the forest should be protected from d.amage a caused by the actLon of human and cattle, fire, n~ tural powers, plant d.is cas J or:..d other da sceses , Besides thut, forests are invaluoblc state and nation natural properties, so that tb.e state and natLon rights on forests and their produc e no ed fostoring and preserving, in order that said forests can fulfill their functions for the state and nation interes"i; .. The attempts to p:r;-otoct and safeguard the forests shall be one of the important elemen.ts for forests arrangement as referred to in Lo.w Number 5 Year: 1967 re Forestry Principal Provisions with the purpose so that they cnn prcservingly fulfill their functions. The forest protection:J.l measures have been so fur regulated in several logislc.tive regula.tion which, besides havf.ng vnriou.s t-ypos is also tIDsuitable to the situational growth nowadays. MG/2L~/09 Therefore, the legislative regulation on Forests Protection needs cnstir-g in a Govcrlnnent Regulation. as the implementation of Chap ter V of the Law Nl~ber 5 Year 1967 re Forestry Principal Provi sions o 1\s it 11'1'0.8 stipulated in Article 15 of the Law Number 5 Year 1967 on the Borestry Principal Provisions, the forests protection will incluc0 attempts : aa to proyent Qnd restrict damages of forests and forest produce eo.~~ scd by the acc.i.on of human ond co.ttle, fire, natural powers, yl~~~ diseDse and other diseases; b , t,::;. IJ.aintain and safeguard the state rights on forests and forest pr-oclt.....c e , The a':'ove sai.d attempts can be distinguished into two parts, ncmeLy 3. the attempt of forest protection or it can be said as the attempt of forc3try technical safeguarding; 0 .. the attempt of foret,t safof9).nrding or it can be said as the attempt of police sDfcguarding townrds the forests. In order to be able to arrange protection and safeguarding/paci fication towards the forests and forest produce including tourism for~st und natural asylums, it is necessary to know various kinds of damages/losses caused by various kinds of disturbances o It cnn be depicted/explained that the various kinds of damages/ 10ss8s are the ~esult of said disturbances which among others Lnc Ludo : 0. 0 the damaging towards forests as the result of illegal land cultivation/ inho.bitance and the presence of forest area utili zation deviating frOID its function, and i~responsible under taki~g of forests ; bo the damaging of fc~ost lund as the result of depriving stones/ rocks, sund, ground~ and othor drilling materials, and the pre senae of tools u"bilizc.tion which is not suitable with the land/reserve condition; co the damaging of forest reserve, for insto.nce, wood stealing, felling trees without having n permit; do the dnmoging o.s tho result of cattle grazing in the forest and the result of a firo; Go the d.amaging of forest produce as the result of human, plant disease dif;turbtl12ce, d.i.sea ses and natural power-s; The above sni.d d i atrur-banc cs ore c aused by various f ac t or-s whi.ch among oth8rs D.re the rapid accummulD.tion of population with un eveDly spreading, GO decre~Ging of farm land accompanied with the people's socio-economic condition around the forests, the existence of moving paddy fields, the tlarrOw-uess of the employ ment field, the unsufficient avarenes s of the society towards the meaning and importance of forest function, etc. With tho above explanation/elucidation, we can come to a conclusion that the efforts for forost o.nd forestry protection very much face threats, challenges~ barriers and disturbancgs 1 so that the regulation of its implementation needs iromediat81y issuing so as to take the overcoming measures. I1G/25/09 As for said ov ar-c om/.ng can be performed in the forms of preven tive and rupr8ssiv0 m08su~es in accordance with the objective to be achaevcd '!t;it h t~l:;.S Government Ecgu.labd.on .. The fo:.cest function end preservation constitutes one of the sources of th'3 people's lives, the forest protection to achieve said objective shall not be the responsibility of the Govern ment on.Ly , but also the responsibility of all the society, es pec ia.lLy trho so who h ave 0. direct interest with the forests and fo]-:,ostry" Therefore, the society shall be invited/involved in the cf:rorts of forest protection regulated vith this Government RngulJtioll" TJcttO:i-:' a Self oxplal1a.t8.ry Letter b Self eA~lonstarJ Lot t e.r c Self Gxplnnatary Lector d fielf expLana't ar'y Letter e Self explanatary IJot:tcr f Self Gxplanatary Letter g Self explD.!1D.tary LottoI' h Self oxplanotary IJotte:t' i ~-~--~o got a Lew Gecurity on the status and f0res-l; ar-ea bor-d.or-, the cxf.atienc e -~f border arrangol1lcnt is needed which is psrformed by the Border Arrangement Committee. This bordor arrangement shall include the work of area survey, border pole marking/planting, measuring, map ping, cud official document making .. I '" 1--1- ro-")" ..:Il·,uv~,o at"her wood and forest produce tnking shall be done ~hrough ·various ways, beginning from an ordinary way jy using nxos and power SffilS (Chain saw) up to using t~actors, while for its transportation trailers and c~hsr v8hiclcs shall be used o ~hese taking and transporting activities should be in aoc o'rd anc e with prevailing technical r-equirements.... IJcttor !.: Self cA~lanntary Letter 1 Self oxplDn~ta~y Article 2 Self explonatary Article 3 Self explmlOtary r1G/25/09 Article 4 Par-agraph ('1) Slof expJ.D.n~tnry Pnragrnph (2) Solf explono.tary Articlo 5> F <:.\r:.lg::·o.ph ('1 ) Self explanatary Paragraph I'arag:i:'aph (2) For public interest, without changing its status as Q forest orea, its function and allocation deviation ore forced to be performed for ins tance, the forest area is used for public/common interest, among others for water reservoir,roads, cometeries, o.nd instnllntion of ltmicro wave"o Article 6 Paragraph (1) Fores';~ cultiv'Jting will include forest and forest lo.nd cxploito.tion. (2) Said Hinister's directives are needed so as to porform supervision on the forest function imple mentation concerned for the effort of land preser vation, water system arrangement, and living en~ vironment o Articlo 7 Paragrap~l Puragrnph Pnragro.ph ('1) The compotent agency in this paragraph shall be the agency having the right to issue a permit for digging materials exploration and exploitation. The digging materials will include sand, ground, stones, otco (2) Self explnnatnry ( 3) The state of photography, lane feature, and cli mate shull bo included in the understanding of land and field conditiono The understanding of plant reserve shall be all trees in th8 forest. Paragraph (4) Self oxp.Lannt ar-y ArticJ.e 8 Parngraph ParagrQph Paragraph I1G/25/09 (1 ) Self cxp18natary ( 2) The rnvine to be protected sho.ll be 0. slope,having the slanting Rosition at a minimum of 45% (forty five per cent) and sufficient depth, so that the decrease of plants around it will result in a Inndslide in so.id slope8 ( 3) Self explannto.ry Article 9 Faragraph Pa.::-8.graph 1:ar-agr-aph (1 ) S.'h3 people 1f!flO Dre due to their in~erest are pe!. mited -l;O Li.ve in the forest, for Lns banc e , the populati0~ who due to their residing places live in the forest or should pass through it. (2) Self explanatary. ( 3) other forest prod.uce are among others leaves, fire wood, rattan, charcoal, tengkawang fruit, etc .. Paragraph Article -io Pa.';.:'£lgrc...i),J:l (1) The forest firing should be with a legitimate cOJ~eterce" for example, forest firing for the sake of ~eadow making, animals or preparation for forest tree3 plsnting (2) Forests, as properties contributing a socio econ£ mic benefit, and functioning to keBp a living en vironment balance, the preservation of them needs safeguarding and fostering by every member of the society.. Therefore, ever"JT one and especially those liVing around the forest shall be ohliged to help pre vent anl put out any forest fire. I'aragraph (3) Self explanataryo Article 11 Paragreph (1) The unc ont.r-c LabLe cattle grazing can damage a fo::-e;:;t, bu;~h in the form of land damage and young p Laut s d amage , 'I'herefore , it needs regUlating thrcugh ?reparing spec~al places pointed out by a c cmpet errt forestry Of'fLcer- for the need of grazing. grass collecting, and cattle's feed. Paragraph (2) Self explanatary (1) The Government has the interest towards forest pro duee contribution, the amount of which shall depend on the result; of measuring and examining; besides, the rreasurinG ~nd examining will be also needed for yhe efforts of forest produce quality improvement, forest produce waste prevention and for supervising the forest undertaking provisions. (2) Delf Gxple.llatary Par-agr-apn Article 12 Self explanatary Article 13 Paragraph Paragraph (3) Self Gxplanatary Article 14 Paragraph (1) Self eA~lnnatary Paragraph (2) Self oxpLanatrar-y Article 15 J?a:.:-agraph (1 ) ~~at is meant by the Forestry Agencies in the First Grade Region are those inclUding : the Re gional Office of the Ministry of Forestry, the Forestry Service Office, the National Corporation Unit of Perhutani and Technical Implementing Unit in the circle of the I1inistry of Forestryo (2) Besides collecting the forest produce, the Forest Undertaking Right Holder shall be also obliged to keep the forest from its damage. Article 16 Paragraph (1 ) Besides their tasks to damage the forest, the cer tain GoverrDncnt Civil Servant Officers in field of forestry, they alsoLtasks to protect forests and forest produce as referred to in Article 15 of the Law Number 5 Year 19670 Therefore, they are, in field of forestry, given Special Police competence as referred to in Article 18 of the Law Number 5 Year 19670 L have The Officers given said Special Police competence, besides having the duty in their work area, they can be also mobilized and controlled in accordance with the needs. The oxistence of the officers given said Special Police competence shall be very important for the forest protection implementation, because forests belong to the State property. The IDotiliz2.tion and control of said Officers to a certain forost area is quite possible because the forest area is so large with a very limited number of personnel and the field condition which is hard to reach ina usual way. Paragraph (2) Self explanatary Paragraph (3) Self expLanat.ary 0 Article 17 Paragraph MG/25/09 (1 ) Based on the Law Number 8 Year 1981~ the Government Civil Servant Investigators/Identifiers have the arrchority/competence in accordance with the Law be coming thoir ~espective legal foundation. In tho Law Number 5 Year 1967 the competence of the Government Civil Servnnt Investigators in field of Forestry Has not regulated, although in accordance wjth the elucidation of Article 18 of the Law Num ber 5 Year 1967 5 it was stated that there is an axiotence of Government Civil Servant Investigators in field of Forestry (Assistant Magistrate). ~n connoction withthnt, it is necessary in this Governmenr. Regulction to regulate the competence of the Government Civil Servant Investigators in a limited wnYa Po.ragraph (2) Moant by the prevailing legislative regulation shall be the Law Number 8 Year 1981 on the Crimi nal Law aud the Government Regulation Number 27 Year 1983 on the Implementation of Criminal Code Book" ArticJ.a 18 ~'."..,..r,c-r"'ph.J':t.;.\.1. (.. .. 0 '-'-. Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph (1 ) The criminal sanction and fine are sufficiently heo.V'J, because they are intended to protect pre servation of the protected forests in special, and n~ture preservation in general. (2) Self e}~18natary (3) Self cxplano.tary (4) Self explanatary Paragraph (5) Self cxplanatnry Paragraph (6) Self ex~lDnatary ParD-graph (7) Self explnnatary Article 19 vJith the enforcement of this Government RegUlation, all of tue legislative regUlations with regards to the existing forests protection shall remain in effect, as long as said regulations arc not in contravention with this Government Regulation, o~ a new legislative regulation as the imple mentcticn of this Government Regulation is not issued yet. Article 20 Self explnnatarYa SUPPLEtlElFL' ']0 THE STATE GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA NOn 3291l-. , =============~=======~~ MG/25/09 Translated by CAFI