United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Autonomous District (Management and Control of Forests) Rules, 1960

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    "title": "United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Autonomous District (Management and Control of Forests) Rules, 1960",
    "short_title": "United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Autonomous District (Management and Control of Forests) Rules, 1960",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. D.C. 14 A/1/60, da",
    "act_year": 1960,
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            "content": "(i) \"Act\" means the United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Autonomous District (Management and Control of Forests) Act, 1958;\n(ii) \"Forests\" an area shall be deemed to be a forest within the meaning of the Principal Act if there are a reasonable number of trees, say, not less than 25 trees per acre reserved or unreserved or any other forest produce growing on such area, which have been or are capable of being exploited for purposes of business or trade ;\n(iii) \"Section\" means a section of the Act.\nChapter I\nRules for Registration of Forests\nRegistration of Private Forest and Law-Ri-Sumar\n[Section 4 (a)]\n3.\n4.\n5.\n6.\n7.\n8.\n9.\n10.\nRegistration of Law Lyngdoh, Law Kxjntang, Law Niam, Law Adong and Law Shnong\n[Section 4 (b) and (c)]\n11.\nRegistration of Protected Forests and Green Blocks\n[Section 4 (d) and (e)]\n12.\n13.\n14.\n(a) The Executive Committee of the District Council after examining the report of the officer making the enquiry and after such further enquiry as it may think fit to make, shall by an order determine the area to be constituted into a Protected Forest or Green Block and declare the same by publication in the official Gazette, setting forth the boundary, location and other necessary particulars of the area, as a Protected Forest or a Green Block, as the case may be.\n(b) Upon such publication the owners of those forests, without prejudice to the rights, titles interests in respect of such areas shall not fell, remove, dispose or sell, destroy or exploit the trees therein without the permission of the District Council, which permission may be given in accordance with these rules in the interest of the protection and re-generation of these forests.\nRegistration of Raid Forests\n[Section 4 (f)]\n15.\n16.\n17.\n18.\n(b) The Executive Committee shall after examination of the report and such further enquiry as it may consider necessary, pass final orders in respect of each Raid Forest affirming or revising the particulars recorded, and cause final publication of the lists of Raid Forests in the official Gazette or in such other manner as the Executive Committee may, prescribe.\n19.\n20.\nChapter II\nRules for the Management of Forests\nManagement of Private Forests and Law-Ri-Sumar\n[Section 4 (a)]\n[Section 4 (a)]\n21.\n22.\n23.\n24.\n(a) a limit in number and girth, class and other restrictions on disposal based on silvicultural principles, in the case of trees ;\n(b) a quantitative limit in the case of the other forest produce :\n(c) the Chief Forest Officer may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, reject any applicant or accord approval subject to such conditions as he may deem fit to impose.\n25.\n26.\n27.\n28.\n29.\n30.\nManagement of Law Lyngdoh, Law Kyntang and Law Niam\n[Section 4 (b)]\n31.\n(b) The Chief Forest Officer or the authorised Forest Officer of the District Council shall grant a free permit in the form as prescribed in Appendix IV specifying therein the quantity of the timber or other forest produce and the particular part of the forest from such timber or forest produce shall be removed :\nManagement of Law Adong and Law Shnong\n[Section 4 (c)]\n32.\n33.\n34.\nManagement and control of protected forests and Green Blocks\n[Section 4 (d) and (e)]\n35.\n36.\n37.\n38.\nManagement of Raid Forests\n[Section 4 (f)]\n39.\n40.\n41.\n(b) The notice shall be served in such manner as will ensure the widest publicity.\n(c) In case of any settlement by negotiation, the Chief Forest Officer shall put up his recommendation as to the party, rates of royalty, duration of the agreement and other terms and conditions of settlement, to the Executive Committee for orders alongwith the recommendation or comments of the local administrative heads concerned on such proposal for settlement.\n42.\n43.\n44.\n45.\n46.\n(b) No forest produce extracted under any such contract shall be removed from the forest except on payment of such royalties as may for the time being in force forest for such produce and except in compliance with the rules in Chapters III and IV.\nChapter III\nRules for the Removal of Forest Produces from Raid Forest, Green Block, Protected Forest and Restrictions In Felling, ETC.\n[Section 5, 7 and 11]\n47.\n48.\n49.\n50.\n51.\n52.\n53.\nChapter IV\nTransit Rules\n[Section 12]\n54.\n55.\n(i) a permit issued by a duly authorised Forest Officer under the rules relating to the Protected Forest, Green Block and Raid Forest allowing the holder to remove forest produce from a specified locality; or\n(ii) a certificate of origin in the form prescribed in Appendix VII in the case of forest produce from private forest or Law Ri-Sumar. Such certificate must be issued by the owner of such land or his duly authorised agent and must bear such signature or stamp of the owner or his agent as has been previously registered in the Chief Forest Officer's office, and such certificate shall be produced by the holder at the revenue station specified therein to be dealt with as noted hereafter ;\nNote. - The certificate of origin shall be issued in all cases whether the owner himself or any other person removes the produce ; Or\nNote.\n(iii) a transit pass in the form prescribed in Appendix VIII issued by a Forest Officer, authorised by the Chief Forest Officer, in token of full payment of all amounts due to the District Council on account of the forest produce covered by it. In special cases, the Chief Forest Officer may permit the issue of transit passes by any person duly authorised by him.\n56.\n57.\n(b) No forest produce in transit taken to a revenue station shall be moved within such station between sunset and sunrise the without the permission of the officer in charge of the revenue station nor shall such forest produce be moved away from the revenue station until a transit pass as prescribed in these rules has been issued by him.\n(c) In the case of forest produce in transit covered by a permit or a certificate of origin and intended to be exported beyond the district within which it has been collected, a transit pass as prescribed hereinbefore shall be obtained by the person in charge of such forest produce from the duly authorised Forest Officer in charge of a revenue station in exchange for the permit or the certificate of origin, and such forest produce shall not be booked or removed by road or a boat unless covered by such transit pass. When the destination of such forest produce is within the district, the permit or certificate of origin shall be endorsed by the duly authorised officer in charge of the revenue station in token of full payment of full amounts due to the District Council and such endorsed permit or certificate of origin shall be deemed to be the transit pass required under these rules :\n58.\n59.\n60.\n61.\n62.\n63.\n(b) No fee shall be charged for the registration of a property mark which has already been registered by the Divisional Forest Officer, United Khasi-Jaintia Hills and is still in force.\n(c) The registration of a property mark shall hold good for three years from 1st April preceding the date of its first registration whether it has been registered in the office of the Divisional Forest Officer, United Khasi-Jaintia Hills or the office of the Chief Forest Officer.\n(d) A certificate in the form prescribed in Appendix X shall be granted for the registration of property mark.\n64.\n(i) If he considers that the mark resembles too closely any Government mark or marks used by the District Council or any property mark previously registered in favour of another person ;\n(ii) If the applicant or holder does not possess or, in the opinion of the Chief Forest Officer, is not likely to possess timber requiring to be marked with a property mark;\n(iii) If on account of the conviction of any forest offence, or for any other reason which seems to the Chief Forest Officer to be sufficient, the holder or the applicant is not considered to be a fit person to be entrusted with such mark.\n65.\n66.\n67.\nExecutive Orders relating to the Transit Rules\n68.\n69.\n70.\n71.\n72.\n73.\nChapter V\nMiscellaneous Provisions\n74.\n75.\nGeneral\n76.\nAppendix I\nAppendix I\n[Rule 4]\n(i) Approximate area (in acres)..........\n(ii) Boundaries and location.........\n(iii) Nature of forest standing on the land the approximate number of each category of reserved trees and other forest produce............\n(iv) Area under cultivation, if any  ........\n(v) The names and addresses of persons to whom the forests or any part thereof sold, the terms of sale or lease including the price of rates of royalty and the nature of such lease or sale, as the case may be...............\nAppendix II\nAppendix II\n[Rule 15]\n(i) Location of forest stating the name of the village..\n(ii) Approximate area in acres..... .....\n(iii) Boundaries together with a map of the area....\n(iv) Nature of the forest specifying the approximate number of each category of reserved and unreserved trees and other forest produce............\n(v) Area currently under cultivation or jhuming....\n(vi) Whether forest produce growing within the area has been disposed of by lease, sale, barter, gift or otherwise to any person or any other encumbrance or right has been created on such forest in favour of any person or clan ?.............\n(vii) In the event of any transactions having taken place as indicated in item (vi), the following further details shall be furnished :\n(a) The name and address of the party or parties to whom the forest produce has been disposed of or in whose favour any right or encumbrance has been created ;\n(b) Duration of the lease or agreement with the date of commencement of such lease or agreement;\n(c) Rates of royalty or other consideration charged on the forest produce;\n(d) Total number of trees or quantity or other forest produce worked out and removed and the balance of the trees and other forest produce still to be worked out under the terms of the lease or agreement ;\n(e) A true copy of the lease or agreement.\nAppendix III\nAppendix III\n[Rule 22]\n(i) Name of the private forest or Law-Ri-Sumar.....\n(ii) Name of Syiem, Doloi or any other local administrative head within whose jurisdiction such forest is situated.........\n(iii) Boundaries of the forest.....\n(iv) Class and number of trees proposed to be disposed of.........\n(v) Price or rates or royalty...\n(vi) Name and address of purchaser.................\n(vii) Period of agreement or lease by which the trees or forest produce are sought to be disposed of............\n(viii) Whether the timber or any other produce from tree s or forest produce sought to the disposed of will be consumed locally or taken outside the jurisdiction of the District Council, United Khasi-Jaintia Hills or brought to Shillong for purposes of sale, trade or business............\nAppendix IV\nAppendix IV\n[Rules 31 (b) and 32]\nHome Consumption Permit\nHome Consumption Permit\nBook No................\nPermit No..............\nName.....................\nResidence.............\nForest from which extracted\nDate of expiry of the permit\nDescription of forest produce\nMaximum number of quantity that can be removed\nRemarks\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\nOfficer Issuing the Permit\nNotice\nNotice\nAppendix V\nAppendix V\n[Rule 41 (a)]\n(i) Number and description of trees showing girth, class, etc.....................\n(ii) Amount of earnest money to be deposited......\n(iii) Amount of security and methods of payments of the bid value..............\n(iv) Duration of the working period.........\n(v) Nature of rate to be quoted in case of tender.....\n(vi) Eligibility of bidder including concessions, if any, admissible to tribal bidders............\nAppendix VI\nAppendix VI\n[Rule 47]\nTrade permit for timber and other forest produce\nTrade permit for timber and other forest produce\nBook No................\nPermit No..............\nName.....................\nResidence.............\nForest\nDate of expiry of grant\nDescription of timber or other forest produce\nNumber of quantity\nDate\nAmount\nRemarks\nRs. nP.\nSignature and designation of the Issuing Officer\nReverse\nReverse\n(1) This permit must be in the possession of the person removing forest produce under it and must be produced by such person whenever called upon to do so by a forest Officer.\n(2) Only trees marked with a District Council, Khasi Hills hammer may be felled and converted. Timber must not be removed from the place where the tree is felled nor sold or otherwise disposed of till it has been marked with the hammer of the District Council, United Khasi-Jaintia Hills.\n(3) All timber and other forest produce must be removed from the forest within the time granted in this permit.\n(4) This permit must be returned to the nearest Forest Officer within one month of the date of its expiry.\n(5) Breach of any of the above conditions will render this permit liable to be cancelled and the timber and other forest produce confiscated notwithstanding any other penalties incurred by the permit holder under the United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Forest Act 1 of 1959 or rules issued thereunder.\nSignature of the permit holder\nAppendix VII\nAppendix VII\n[Rule 55 (ii)]\nCertificate of origin for private timber or other forest produce\nCertificate of origin for private timber or other forest produce\nName, caste, residence and father's name of the\n\t\t\t\towner of the land where the forest produce covered by this\n\t\t\t\tcertificate was derived\nName of village or estate where the timber or\n\t\t\t\tother forest produce was cut\nDescription of timber or other forest produce\nAmount of timber or other forest produce\nName, caste, father’s name and residence of\n\t\t\t\tperson incharge of timber or other forest produce\nDestination to which the forest produce is to be\n\t\t\t\tconveyed\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\nOwner or Agent\nAppendix VIII\nAppendix VIII\n[Rule 55 (iii)]\nTransit Pass\nTransit Pass\nBook No...........\nPass No..........\n(1) Locality where collected...........\n(2) Number and date of permit or certificate of origin on which the pass\nKind of produce\nNumber of pieces, packages or bundles\nMeasurements, cubic contents or weight\nHammer or other marks\nRate\nAmount paid Rs. nP.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n.............Station...............\nDate of Issue...........\nIssuing Officer..........\nDate of expiry...........\nDesignation..........\nNote. - Any person removing timber or other forest produce without a transit pass in this form in contravention of any rules made under Section 5, United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Forest Act 1 of 1959, is liable to a fine of Rs. 2,000 and in default of payment of fine to imprisonment up to two months.\nNote.\nAppendix IX\nAppendix IX\nList of Revenue and Check Stations\nList of Revenue and Check Stations\n[Rule 56]\nAppendix X\nAppendix X\n[Rule 63 (d)]\nCertificate of Registration of Property Marks\nCertificate of Registration of Property Marks\nDivision\nChief Forest Officer",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 12th February, 2020 [ass264]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. D.C. 14 A/1/60, dated 22nd August, 1960",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1960",
        "Short Title": "United Khasi-Jaintia Hills Autonomous District (Management and Control of Forests) Rules, 1960",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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