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1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest Act, 1927. 2[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States. (3) It applies to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in
The Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927) Last Updated 5th January, 2022 Statement of Objects and Reasons. - The general law relating to forests in British India is contained in the Indian Forest Act, 1878, and its amending Acts. The present Bill brings the law together within the scope of one enactment.
An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce. Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Sep 3, 2020 · The Indian Forest Act,1927 aimed to regulate the movement of forest produce, and duty leviable forest produce. It also explains the procedure to be followed for declaring an area as Reserved Forest, Protected Forest or a Village Forest.
The Indian Forest Act, 1927 did not focus on the conservation of forests, rather the laws of the British Colonial Government focused on control of extraction of timber from the forests. This article will provide information about the Indian Forest Act, 1927 in the context of the IAS Exam.
The most famous one was the Indian Forest Act of 1878. Both the 1878 Act and the 1927 Act sought to consolidate and reserve the areas having forest cover, or significant wildlife, to regulate movement and transit of forest produce, and duty leviable on timber and other forest produce.
THE INDIAN FOREST ACT, 1927 ACT NO. 16 OF 19271 [21st September, 1927.] An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest Act, 1927. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1. st. November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States other than the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra. (3) It applies to the territories which, immediately before the 1. st . November,
The Act contains 86 sections and deals in four categories of forest which includes (i) Reserve Forest (ii) Village Forest (iii) Protected Forest (iv) Non-government Forest.
Mar 29, 2020 · The Indian Forest Act, 1927 is a revised comprehensive legislation enacted with the intention to deal with the lacunae in the previous acts and formulate the laws of the forest.
