3. Restriction on sale, purchase or transport of minor forest produce.

(i) with effect on and from the appointed day, any of the minor forest produces specified in sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (9) of Section 2, and
(ii) with effect on and from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of a notification issued under sub-clause (d) of clause (9) of Section 2, the minor forest produce declared as such under such notification.
(a) any person to sell any minor forest produce to, or purchase any minor forest produce from, the State Government, authorised officer or an agent;
(b) a grower to transport any minor forest produce grown by him from any place in a unit where such produce has been grown to a purchasing centre or depot set up in that unit under Section 8 or to any other place in that unit;
(c) (i) any person who has purchased any minor forest produce from the State Government, or an authorised officer or an agent, and.
(ii) any person who has purchased any minor forest produce from another person under clause (e).
(d) any person to import any minor forest produce or to transport the minor forest produce so imported, in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed; and
(e) (i) any person, who has purchased any minor forest produce from the State Government or authorised officer, or an agent to sell such of the minor forest produce, as may be specified by the State Government by general or special order published in the Official Gazette , to any other person; and
(ii) other person to whom the minor forest produce is so offered for purchase to purchase the same,