The words "the crO\Y'1" w:rc ~ulntitutcd for the words "the Oovcrmncnt" by the Oovcrnment — TIIE INDIAN FORFST ACT, 1927

The words "the crO\Y'1" w:rc ~ulntitutcd for the words "the Oovcrmncnt" by the Oovcrnment

3. The words "the crO\Y'1" w:rc ~ulntitutcd for the words "the Oovcrmncnt" by the Oovcrnment f Jdi(Adif I diL) Od of Jndia (Adaptation of I ndian Laws) Order, 1937. " "· The word Government" was substituted for the word "Crown" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 19.50. ·Sectio11 3 of Mah. 23 of 1984 reads as follow3 :- .. 3. Consequences of r2trospective am:!lldmmt of sectio11 41 of A('f XI. I., 1 of 1927 .-It i~ he,·eby declared that section 41 of lhc Indian Forest Act, 1927, in its application to the Stale of Mahara,btra (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the principal Act"), having been retrospective!! amended by rhis Act, with Power to the State Government to make rules for the purpQses referred iif hiil Add bhiA y to in section 41 of the principal Act as amended by this Act- (a) rule SIS under the heading "J, Conversion of Timber wilhin certain distance of Forests'' ChVI f hBbFRld hFiShdlh () g in Chapter VI of the Bombay Forest Rules, 1942 and the Form in Schedule EE thereto or any other provisions in relation to the grant of such licences conlained in the said rules and the diiiid ihlliblihMhdd h pg corresponding provisions contained in any other rules applicable in the Marathwada and the Vidbhdd fiiI iflhdidildi pg py pp Vidarbh.a Regions as amended from time to time, an<.I in force on lheday immediately preceding the date of commencement of thi~ Act shall be deemed to have been validly made and t ffective d illifif hhbddhiil Add b y and continuoully in force as if they have been made under the principal Act, as amended by this A~t ; (b) all licences granted under the said rules and subsisting on the date of commencement of this Act shall be valid for the p ·riod for which they arc granted or renewed ; (c) anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act (including the rule~ m3de thereunder), shalt be deemed to be, and shall be deemed always 10 have ~n. validly done and taken, and shall not QC called in question in any Court or before hilhd hh5 lid lkiPdi h y , Qqy any authority, m~rely on the ground that there wa5 no valid rule making Power vestedi n the State O:>vemm-:nt or that th.! am~ndm'lnts to the mies were not validly made or that the rules or am~ndm'!nts m 1dc th.::reto and the liccnc.::s granted or renewed thereunder as aforesaid did not fit in the rule m 1king pow.::r of the State Government or on such other ground." . , possession or carrying of m,irking hammers or other implements usccl for marking timber ; · · · · I• (i) regulate _ _the use of property m.irks for timber, a nd the registration of such marks ; prescribe the time for which such rcgistr,·tio n shall hold good ; limit · the number of such m.., ., rks that m; y be registered by .~ny ·o ·o ne person, and provide for the levy of fees for such registration . 2 (3) The P[State] Government] m,·.y direct th;.t , 1,ny rule mude unde;r this section .shall not apply to .!ny specified class of timber or other forest-produce or to any specified local ue:\.

Section 3