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Friday, June 18, 2010

Can you cut teak trees from your own compound? offence..punishment..THE KERALA PROMOTION OF TREE GROWTH IN NON-FOREST AREAS ACT, 2005

Whether any offence can be alleged if a person is cutting and transporting tree from his own private property which is a non forest land?
Kerala High Court held... In such cases no offence under Kerala Forest Act or Kerala preservation of Trees Act is made out. But if the private non forest land in question is a notified area under the provisions of Kerala Promotion of Tree Growth in Non forest Areas Act, then permission under the act to be obtained.

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