Punjab Forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1913 (Act No. 3 of 1913)

295 THE PUNJAB FOREST (SALE OF TIMBER) ACT, 1913. CONTENTS SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Meaning of terms. 3. Power to make rules regulating sale of timber and the establishment of sale depots. 4. Application of Chapter X of Indian Forest Act. 5. Indemnity for acts done in good faith. 1913 : Pb. Act 3] PUNJAB FOREST (SALE OF TIMBER) 296 297 1THE PUNJAB FOREST (SALE OF TIMBER) ACT, 1913 PUNJAB ACT 3 OF 1913 (21st March, 1913.) 1 2 3 4 Year No. Short title Whether repealed or otherwise affected by legislation 1913 3 The Punjab Forest Adapted by :— (Sale of Timber) (1) The Government of India Act, 1913 (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. (2) The Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab Acts) Order, 1948. (3) Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. (4) Adaptation of laws (Third Amendment) Order, 1951. (5) Extended to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union by Punjab Act No. 18 of 19582. (6) The Haryana Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTROL OF THE SALE OF TIMBER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SALE DEPOTS FOR SUCH TIMBER IN 3[HARYANA] WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the control of the sale of timber and the establishment of sale depots for such timber in 3[Haryana] ; It is hereby enacted as follows :— 1. This Act may be called the Punjab Forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1913. It shall extend to such 4[in the principal territories] as the State 1. Substituted for the word “Punjab” by Haryana (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order,1968. 2. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary),1958, page 546k. 3. Substituted for the word “Punjab” by the Haryana Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968. 4. Substituted for the words “local areas” by the Haryana Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968. Short title,extent and commence ment. 1913 : Pb. Act 3] PUNJAB FOREST (SALE OF TIMBER) 298 Government may by notification in the 1[Official Gazette] direct ; and it shall come into force in each of such areas on such day as the State Government in like manner directs in this behalf. 2[It shall extend to the transferred territories and shall come into force therein on the 15th May, 1958.] 2. In this Act all expressions have the meaning as assigned to them in the 3Indian Forest Act, 1878. 3. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the 1[Official Gazette], make rules to regulate the sale of timber and the establishment of sale depots for such timber. Such rules may among other matters — (a) prescribe the classes of timber to which the rules shall apply ; (b) define what shall be deemed to be a sale depot; (c) provide for the establishment, registration, regulation and inspection of sale depots, and the levy of fees for registration ; prescribe the period for which registration shall hold good and the conditions under which timber may be brought to, stored at, sold at, and removed from sale depots ; and prohibit the sale of timber at, or the establishment or maintenance of, unregistered sale depots ; (d) regulate the use of sale depot marks and the registeration of such marks ; prescribe the time for which registeration shall hold good ; and provide for the levy of fees for registeration ; (e) prescribe the registers to be maintained at sale depots, and provide for the production of such registers before, and for their examination by, any forest or police-officer authorised in this behalf by the Divisional Forest Officer PUNJAB FOREST [1913 : Pb. Act 3 (SALE OF TIMBER) Meaning of terms. 1. Substituted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, for “Local Official Gazette”. 2. Added by the Haryana Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968. 3. See now the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Central Act 16 of 1927). Power to make rules regulating sale of timber and the establishment of sale depots. 299 or by the District Superintendent of Police, respectively; (f) prescribe as penalties for the infringement so any rule made under this section, imprisonment which may extend to six months or fine which may extend to Rs. 500 or both. Double penalties may be inflicted where the offence is committed after sunset and before sunrise, or after preparation for resistance to lawful authority, or if the offender has been previously convicted of a like offence. (2) All rules made under sub-section (1) shall be so made after previous publication in the 1[Official Gazette]. 4. The provisions of Chapter X of the 2Indian Forest Act, 1878, with the exception of section 673, shall apply so far as may be to any infringement of the rules made under this Act as if such infringement were a forest-offence under the Indian Forest Act. 5. No suit shall lie against any public servant for anything done by him in good faith under this Act. 1913 : Pb. Act 3] PUNJAB FOREST (SALE OF TIMBER) Application of Chapter X of Indian Forest Act. Indemnity for acts done in good faith. 1. Substituted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, for “Gazette.” 2. See now the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Central Act 16 of 1927). 3. See now section 58.