Bihar Forest Contract Rules

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    "title": "Bihar Forest Contract Rules",
    "short_title": "Bihar Forest Contract Rules",
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    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "description": "Bihar Forest Contract Rules",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title.",
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            "content": "2.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Definition.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Forest Act\" means the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The words and expressions used in the Indian Forest Act, 1927, not defined in these Rules shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.\n(b) \"Forest Contract\" means a contract whereby Government agrees to sell and the purchaser agrees to buy forest produce.\n(c) \"Forest Contractor\" means a person who purchases forest produce under a forest contract.\n(d) \"Contract area\" means the area covered by forest contract.\nRules Limiting the Materials Purchased under a Forest Contract",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Forest contractor entitled only to the forest produce so purchased.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Forest contractor to respect private rights.",
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            "content": "Rules regulating the operations which may be performed under forest contract\nI-General",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Accessory licence to forest contracts.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Time to be the essence of forest contract.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Security deposit.",
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            "content": "(b) The bidders whose bids are accepted provisionally by the Divisional Forest officer will immediately on the fall of the hammer, have to sign the necessary bidsheet, agreement and post office security deposit forms and deposit security with the Divisional Forest Officer. No sale of any lot will be considered valid until these conditions have been complied with, and in the event of failure to comply with this the Divisional Forest Officer will have the liberty to quash the sale, resell the produce concerned, and confiscate any security that may be deposited on account of that lot.\n(c) The amount deposited as security will be sent to the Post Office Savings Bank account opened in the name of the depositor to the pledge of the Divisional Forest Officer.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Power of Forest Officer to stop extraction of forest's produce.",
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            "content": "(b) If the contractor fails to remove forest produce equivalent to the value of the instalment paid by him, he shall not be allowed to fell and/or extract it in the mean-time until the next instalment falls due:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Local agent.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Unsuitable persons not to be employed.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Inspection of boundaries.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Permit for removal of forest produce.",
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            "content": "(ii) Such permits shall be obtained on payment from the Range Officer. These shall be in triplicate and bound in books. Each book shall bear an identifying number, and the permits in each book shall be numbered serially.\n(iii) Two copies of the permit shall be given to the person incharge of the produce which is being removed and shall be produced by him when required by any Forest Officer. The third copy shall remain in the permit book as a counterfoil.\n(iv) Permit books as they become used, or on the completion of the contract all partially used books, will be submitted to the Range in which the contract area lies together with an abstract of the forest produce sold and removed thereunder in such form as the Divisional Forest Officer may direct.\n(v) Except with the special permission of the Divisional Forest Officer not more than one permit book may be brought into use at one time in each contract area.\n(vi) Permit books shall at all times be liable to inspection on demand by a Forest Officer.\n(vii) The issue of permits and the quantity of produce covered by each shall be subject to the general supervision of the Divisional Forest Officer who may pass written orders to regulate the manner in which such permits shall be written up and may vary such regulation. In all cases permits must give a clear description of the produce they cover.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Extraction along forest roads.",
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            "content": "(ii) The forest contractor shall not extract forest produce by dragging along forest roads.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Forest produce to be removed by day light.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Forest produce to be removed by prescribed route and to be checked at depots.",
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            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Liability of forest contractors for damage.",
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            "content": "18.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Liability of forest contractors in respect of forest offences.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Forest contractor's accounts.",
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            "content": "(b) The Forest Officer may further, by written order, require the submission, at stated periods of any accounts maintained by the purchaser under this order.\nII-Special\nSpecial Rules for Standing Trees\n21.\n22.\n(1) It has been measured and recorded by the Forest Officer or his duly appointed agent (as to the measurement the forest contractor and the persons so employed by him as aforesaid shall in all respect conform or to the requirement of the Forest Officer or his agent both as to the time and manner of measurement and shall afford all such reasonable assistance and facilities as the Forest Officer or such agent may require.)\n(2) The tree stump to which it belongs has been numbered and or marked on the cut surface as required by the Forest Officer.\n(3) The log or the sawn timber has been marked with the Government sale hammer mark in the manner as decided by the Forest Officer.\n(4) The log or the sawn timber has been marked with the forest contractor's registered property mark in the manner directed by the Forest Officer, and on a blaze other than that used for the imprint of any Government hammer.\n(5) A pass permit giving a clear description of the produce covered by such pass permit has been given by the purchaser for its removal as laid down in Rule 13.",
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Progressive work by Sections.",
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            "content": "(a) The sections shall be numbered so that selections bearing consecutive numbers shall be adjacent, and the numbers, of the sections shall run progressively, as far as may be, through the contract area.\n(b) When the forest contractor starts his operations under the contract he shall be allowed to carry out cutting operations in section No. 1 only. But soon as he brings cutting operation in section No. 2 he shall be deemed to have surrendered all his rights to standing trees in section no. 1. When he begins cutting operations in section No. 3 he shall be deemed to have surrendered all his rights to standing trees in section No.2. And so on throughout the contract area.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Property marks.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Verification of standard.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Manufacture of charcoal.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Liability of Illicit fellings.",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Completion report.",
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            "content": "Special Rules for Felled Trees\n29.\nSpecial Rules for Bamboo\n30.\n(a) The lessee shall not cut or damage bamboo clumps of the previous season commonly known as Karils and shall leave behind older, healthy, green clumps equal to the number of Karils :\n(b) Excepting the bamboo shoots to be retained under the above Rules, the lessee shall fell all other bamboos in the clumps including damaged, dying and dead bamboos and shall clean the surround of each clumps to a distance of at least three feet (1 metre) as a precaution against fire. If upon completion of work in any given section, it is found that the lessee has left behind any material in the clumps that should have been cut and cleared, or has not touched any clump at all, the same will be cut and cleared departmentally. The yield thereof would be appropriated by Government and the lessee in addition shall pay all the costs and penalty as assessed by the Divisional Forest Officer.\n(c) Removal of bamboo roots and extraction of rhizomes are prohibited.\n(d) The lessee shall cut bamboo just above the second visible note or 12\" (30 cm) above the ground level whichever is less. Cutting of bamboo must be done with a sharp axe and in such way that the stump is not split or torn.\n(e) When a clump is in flower, no bamboo shall be cut from it until after the seeds have fallen, when all the clumps would be cut and removed.\n(f) In exploiting any clumps, damaged, malformed, dead or dying clumps will be cut first. Straight and healthy clumps will be out within the number prescribed, only thereafter.\n(g) No clump containing less than 8 green clumps shall be worked except for the purpose of cleaning the clumps. Clearing shall mean removal of damaged dying or dead clumps and high stumps. No felling is permitted between the 1st July and 15th October.\n31.\nSpecial Rules for Fruit and Flower Bearing Trees\n32.\nSpecial Rules for Kendu Leaves\n33.\nSpecial Rules for Sabai Grass\n34.\nRules Regulating the Consequences of a Breach of the Conditions of Forest Contract",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Execution of contracts.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Suspension of work or determination of contracts.",
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            "content": "(a) to keep all sums already paid by the contractor as consideration or part consideration of forest contract;\n(b) to recover as arrears of land revenue any part of the consideration which has fallen due and is still unpaid on the date of determination of the contract;\n(c) to recover any loss or damage which may be sustained by the Governor in consequence of such breach or failure (of the amount of which loss the certificate in writing from the forest officer shall be final and conclusive) shall so far as the same is not covered by the amount of security deposit to be paid by the forest contractor on demand and if not so paid shall be recoverable as a public demand and any fine or compensation which may be assessed under the terms of the contract;\n(d) to forfeit the security deposit of the contractor.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Appeal against suspension of work or determination of contract.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Penalty for breach of conditions.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Rules regarding release of security deposits.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Miscellaneous Rules",
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        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Government not responsible for losses in certain circumstances.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "41.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Payment of Depot Rent.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "43.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Assignments of forest contract.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Arbitration.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Power to black-list contractor.",
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            "content": "Forest Contract Agreement From\nForest Contract Agreement From\nKind and Situation of Forest Produce Sold\nKind and Situation of Forest Produce Sold\nQuantity of Forest Produce Sold\nQuantity of Forest Produce Sold\nConsideration\nConsideration\nRoutes and Depots\nRoutes and Depots\nSchedule-1\nWorking Circle\nFelling Series\nCompartment No.\nCoupe No.\nLot No.\nArea (approximate)\nSchedule-II\n(a) Forest produce which may be exploited under this agreement from lots under Selection or Conversion System:\n(b) Forest produce which may be exploited under this agreement from lot under Coppice* with standard system:-\nSal\nPiasal\nPandhan\n* Coppice : Means an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide wood.\nSchedule-III\nSchedule-IV\n(a) Rs. ...         to paid on or before the 15th January, 20..........\n(b) Rs. ...         to paid on or before the 15th March, 20............\n(c) Rs. ...         to paid on or before the 15th May, 20................\nWitness. Designation and address\nSigned on behalf of the Governor of Bihar.\nWitness. Designation and address\nSigned Forest Contractor.\n1. (number of) trees marked/unmarked due to be felled by contractor but are left unfelled. (See reverse of form).\n2. (a) Unmarked trees are damaged by felling of marked trees; Particulars are given in form on the reverse.\n(b) Trees reserved as standards of which trees are felled by the contractor or otherwise damaged and missing, particulars are given overleaf.\n(c) Trees have been felled which are not marked for felling. Particulars are given overleaf.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Other faults in felling and cleaning, e.g. conditions of standards or other felling of which is prohibited, leaving of high stumps in timber and bamboo coupes, overfelling of bamboo clumps, etc.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. I have further to report the following breaches of the conditions of the agreement.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. The cost of rectifying the faults found above will be roughly:",
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            "content": "Under 1\nRs.\nUnder 2(a)\nRs.\nUnder 2(c)\nRs.\nUnder 3\nRs.\nUnder 4\nRs.\nN.B.\nNo.\nSl. No.\nin marking list\nSpecies\nDiameter or girth\nNo.\nSpecies\nDiameter or girth\nDamaged by tree number\nClass of damage\nSl. No.\nStandard number\nSpecies\nDiameter or girth\nNature of damage\nAbe\nValue Rs. P.\nStandards removed by contractor (at treble royalty rates).\nStandards avoidable damaged (at double royalty rates).\nStandards unavoidable damaged (as decided by Divisional Forest\n\t\t\t\tOfficer.)\nNumber\nSpecies\nDiameter or girth\nGeneral Conditions of Sale of the right to Exploit Timber and other Forest Produce in the Forest Department of Bihar\nGeneral Conditions of Sale of the right to Exploit Timber and other Forest Produce in the Forest Department of Bihar\n(a) The minimum will be Rs. 100/- for any lot.\n(b) 25 per cent of purchase price from contractors against whom certificate case have been instituted or against whom adverse report of serious nature was received within last three years.\n(c) 15 to 25 per cent of the purchase price in cases of all old contractors buying bamboo coupes.\n(d) 23 to 25 per cent of the purchase price from all new contractors.\n(e) Minimum of 10 per cent of the purchase price from old contractors buying timber coupes.\n(f) 25 per cent of the purchase price in the case of all Kendu leaf lots.\n(a) for timber, bamboo, etc., (except Kendu leaves)\n(i) Sale values upto Rs. 500/- and will be realised in cash at the fall of the hammer.\n(ii) Sale values between Rs. 500/- Rs. 1000/- will be paid in one instalment within 20 days from the date of intimating confirmation of sale.\n(iii) When the sale value is above Rs. 1000/- but does not exceed Rs. 3000/- in instalment-60 per cent of the purchase price to be paid within 20 day of intimating confirmation of sale, 2nd instalment - 40 per cent on or before the 15th January, 20.\n(iv) When the sale value is above Rs. 3000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,000/- 1st instalment 50 per cent within 20 days of intimating confirmation of sale; 2nd instalment - 30 per cent on or before the\" 15th January 20; 3rd instalment - 20 per cent on or before the 15th March, 20.\n(v) When the sale value is above Rs. 10,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 20,000/-1st instalment - 35 per cent within 20 days of intimating confirmation of sale; 2nd instalment 35 per cent on or before the 15th January 20, 3rd instalment-30 per cent on or before the 15th March, 20.\n(vi) When the sale value is above Rs. 20,000/- 1st instalment - 30 per cent within 20 days from the date of intimating confirmation of sale; 2nd instalment - 25 percent on or before the 15th January, 20; 3rd instalment 25 percent on or before the 15th March 20; 4th instalment - 20 per cent on or before the 15th March, 20.\n(b) In case of Kendu leaf lots-\n(A) 1st instalment-\n(B) 2nd instalment-\n* Coppice : means an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide wood.\n(b) Burning of boundary lines and of forest areas may be undertaken departmentally at any time. The Department will not be responsible, if such fire spreads and damages forest produce harvested or un-harvested either inside or outside the forest areas.",
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        "Short Title": "Bihar Forest Contract Rules",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}