Section 1
[Provided that, on the commencement of the Indian Forest (Maharashtra Mah. vi Unification and Amendment) Act, 1960, this Act shall be in force in the· Hyderabad or 1961. area of the State of Maharashtra.]
1 [Provided that, on the commencement of the Indian Forest (Maharashtra Mah. vi Unification and Amendment) Act, 1960, this Act shall be in force in the· Hyderabad or 1961. area of the State of Maharashtra.]
·2. Interpretation c/ause.-In this Act, unless there is anything repugrui. i. nt in the. subject or context,-·
(/) "cattle" .. .. includes elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, gelding, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, asses, pigs, rams·, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and kids:
(2) "Forest-officer"· means any person whom2 m2 ... the 3 [ 4 [State] Government] or any officer empowered by 2 .... the 3 [ 4 (State] Government] in thilJ behalf may appoint to carry out.all or any of the purposes of this Act, or to do anything required by this Act or any rule made thereunder to be done by a Forest-officer ;
(3) "forest offence'' means an offence punishable under this Act or under any rule made thereunder ;
(4) "forest-produce" includes-
(a) the following whether found in, or brought from, a forest or not, this ()
is to say :-
timber, charcoal, caoutchouc, catechu, wood-oil, resin, natural varnish, bark, lac, mahua flowers, mahua seeds 5[kuth] 6[apta and tembhurni leaves] 7 7 [rosha grass
d bl 8 [including oil derived therefrom]
d , rauwolfia serpentina] [g[
and myrobolans, and
(b) the following when found in, or brought from, a forest that is to say :(i) trees and leaves, flowers and fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbefore m~ntioned of trees,
(ii) plants not being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss), and
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all parts or produce of such plants, ·
(iii) wild animals and skins, tusks, horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax and all other parts or produce of animals, and
(iv) peat, surface, soil, rock, and minerals (including limestone, Iaterite mineral oils, and all products of mines or quarries) ; ·
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