Ukerewe District Council (Planting and Conservation of Trees and Forests) By-laws, 1994 (G.N. No. 542 of 1994)

Ukerewe District Council (Planting and Conservation of Trees and Forests) GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 542 published on 2/12194 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DISTRICT AUTHORITIES) ACT,1982 (No.7 OF 1982) BY-LAWS Made under section 148 THE UKEREWE DISTRICT COIlJNCIL (PLANTING AND CONSERVATION OF TREES AND FORESTS) BY·LAWS, 1994 1. These By-laws may be cited as the Ukerewe District Council (Plan ning and Conservation of Trees and Forests) By-laws, 1993. 2. In these By-laws: "Director" means the Ukerewe District Executive Director; "Council" means the Ukerewe District Council; "Livestock" means cattle, goats, pigs, horses, mules, donkeys and all other domesticated animals and their eggs and young; "Tree" includes palms, bamboos, canes, shrubs, bushes, plants, poles, climbers, seedlings, saplings and their re-growth thereof of all ages and all kinds and parts thereof; "Forest Produce" includes trees, timber, firewood, charcoal, saw dust, withies, bark, bast, roats, fibres, resins, gums, latex, sap, galls, leaves. litter soil, peat, honey, wax and wild silk; "Firewood" includes parts of trees made up into bundles or loads, cut wood for burning and all refuse wood generally hut does not include logs and poles. 3.-(1) The Council may declare any area a prohibited or preserved area. (2) All areas listed in the first schedule to these By-laws are hereby declared to be preserved areas. . (3) The Council may, by a resolution of the Full Council, amend vary or modify the first schedule. 4.-(1) Every village shall put aside an arei, of Forest conservation for future use. (2) Every village shall put aside a non-agricultural area of not less than ten hectares for the purpose of planting trees. (3) Every Every village shall plant and develop one hectare. (4) Every household shall plant and develop five fruits trees and five shade trees every year. 1357 Ukerewe District Council (Planting and Conservation of Trees and Forests) C.N. No. 542 (contd.) (5) Every primary school shall plant and develop shade trees along school paths and around the school compound. (6) Every person or group of persons who use forest produce for industrial use shall plant and develop forest reserves as shall be directed by the District Executive Director. (7) No person shall wilfully or negligently erect any building shelter or construct any road path, water course, transway, fence in such a manner as to obstruct any existing road. (8) No person shall wilfully or negligently cause any bush or grass-fire, or fell, cut, burn, injure or remove any standing: trees, shrub, sapling, seedling or any part thereof in a forest reserve except and in accordance with the written permission previously sought and obtained of the District Executive Directo 5.-(1) No person shall, save with the written permission of the Dis trict Executive Director, cultivate, cut any tree or grass or graze any livestock in a preserved or restricted area. 6. No act or thing done by an authorized officer shall, if the act or thing was done in good faith in the exercise of any power conferred by these "By-laws for the purpose of carrying out of the provisions of these By-laws, subject to such authorised officer to any action, liability, claim or demand what-so-ever. 7. Any article or thing used for cutting or destroying the forest reserve shall be forfeited by the authorised officer. 8.-(1) Anv oerson who contravenes or fails to comolv with the oro visions'df paragraphs 3(1) to (8) of these By-laws shail be guilty o'f an offene and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings or three months imprisonment or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of these By-laws shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand shillings or twelve months imprisonment or to both such fine and imprisonment. The Common Seal of the Ukerewe District Council was affixed in pursuance to a resolution passed at a meeting of the said council duly convened and held on the 27th day of July, 1993 and the same was so affixed in the presence of: Y. S. MKANDARA. Chairman Ukerewe District Council T. KISHENYI District Executive Director I APPROVE 19th January, 1994 JOHN S. MALECELA, Prime Minister and First Vice-President 1358