FORESTRY

CHAPTER 63:01
FORESTRY

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Purposes of this Act

PART II
ADMINISTRATION

    4.    Director of Forestry and other officers

    5.    Duties of the Director of Forestry

    6.    Inspection by officers

    7.    Barriers across roads

    8.    Search

    9.    Seizure of forest produce and articles

    10.    Custody of seized forest produce and article

    11.    Disposal of seized forest produce and article

    12.    Money from the sale of forest produce or articles, to be paid into Fund

    13.    Arrest of a person for committing offence

    14.    Prosecution by officers

PART III
FOREST MANAGEMENT BOARD

    15.    Establishment of the Board

    16.    Composition of the Board

    17.    Functions of the Board

    18.    Meetings of the Board

    19.    Members of the Board not deemed civil servants

    20.    Allowances

PART IV
FOREST RESERVES AND PROTECTED FOREST AREAS

    21.    Purpose of this Part

    22.    Declaration of forest reserve

    23.    Acquisition of land for forest reserve

    24.    Management of forest reserves

    25.    Co-management of forest reserves

    26.    Declaration of protected forest areas

    27.    Management of protected forest areas

    28.    Revocation of declaration

PART V
CUSTOMARY LAND FOREST

    29.    Purpose of this Part

    30.    Demarcation of village forest areas

    31.    Forest management agreement

    32.    Minister may make rules

    33.    Approval of by-laws

    34.    Right to naturally growing trees

PART VI
AFFORESTATION

    35.    Purpose of this Part

    36.    Forest plantation agreement

    37.    Right to planted forest produce

PART VII
FOREST PROTECTION

    38.    Purpose of this Part

    39.    Prohibition against fires

    40.    Declaration of fire protection area

    41.    Assistance in fire fighting

    42.    Forest pest and disease control

    43.    Prohibition of possession or use of weapons, traps, explosives, poisons or hunting animals

    44.    Prohibition of deposition of litter and waste

PART VIII
UTILIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCE IN FOREST RESERVES AND CUSTOMARY LAND

    45.    Purpose of this Part

    46.    Acts under licence

    47.    Permit for exportation, importation and re-exportation of forest produce

    48.    Restrictions of exports, imports and re-exports of forest produce

    49.    Waiver of fees, etc.

    50.    Forest produce from customary land

    51.    Suspension of a licence

    52.    Grounds on which licence may be refused

    53.    Cancellation of a licence

    54.    Appeal to the Minister against refusal, suspension or cancellation of a licence

PART IX
ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREST DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT FUND

    55.    Establishment of the Fund

    56.    The Fund to vest in the Minister

    57.    Advances to the Fund

    58.    Objects of the Fund

    59.    Application of the Fund

    60.    Books and other records of account, audit and reports of the Fund

    61.    Holdings of the Fund

    62.    Financial year

PART X
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

    63.    Purpose of this Part

    64.    Offences relating to forest reserves and protected forest areas

    65.    Offences relating to fire

    66.    Offences relating to wildlife

    67.    Offences relating to forest pests and diseases

    68.    Offences relating to possession or trafficking of forest produce

    69.    Offences relating to obstruction of officers

    70.    Offences relating to official documents or stamps

    71.    Offences relating to possession or use of weapons, traps, explosives and poisons for hunting animals

    72.    Offences relating to deposition of litter and waste

    73.    Offences relating to import, export and re-export of forest produce

    74.    Additional order upon conviction

    75.    Authority to compound offences

PART XI
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN FORESTRY

    76.    Purpose of this Part

    77.    Cross-border forest management

    78.    International fora

    79.    Cross-border trade in forest produce

    80.    Implementation of agreements

PART XII
MISCELLANEOUS

    81.    Charcoal licensing

    82.    Permit for wood using and wood processing industries

    83.    Utilization of and trafficking in indigenous timber from private land

    84.    General indemnity

    85.    Disposal of forest produce from private land

PART XIII
REGULATIONS

    86.    Regulations

PART XIV
REPEAL AND SAVINGS

    87.    Repeal and savings

11 of 1997
5 of 2017
7 of 2020
G.N. 3/1998
64/2017

    An Act to provide for participatory forestry, forest management, forestry research, forestry education, forest industries, protection and rehabilitation of environmentally fragile areas and international co-operation in forestry and for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Forestry Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the ntext otherwise requires—

    “Board” means the Forest Management Board establishment under section 15;

    “customary land” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Land Act;

    “customary…