(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following.
(3) Any rescission or modifications so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall there-upon take effect.
23. Sections 34 A to 37 of the Forest Act shall stand repealed with effect on and from the appointed day:
Provided that such repeal shall not affect the continuance in force after the appointed day, of any notification issued under any of these sections before their repeal, until superseded by the State Government.
Owner of private forest to deliver records to authorised officers.
Power to make rules.
Repeal of sections 34A to 37 of the Forest Act.
SCHEDULE (See section 6)
PART-A Principles for calculating amount to be paid to owners of private forests in respect of forest land :—
1. Where the area of land does not exceed 400 hectares, an amount equal to one hundred times the assessment fixed for such land.
2. Where the area of land exceeds 400 hectares but does not exceed 2000 hectares, an amount equal to ninety times the assessment fixed for such land.
3. Where the area of land exceeds 2000 hectares, an amount equal to eighty times the assessment fixed for such land.
4. The amount payable under any of the aforesaid paragraphs shall be subject to the payment of a minimum amount of Rs. 37.50 paise per hectare.
5. If any forest land has not been assessed, the amount of assessment for the purpose of this Part shall be such as shall be fixed by the Collector, having regard to the amount of assessment which would have been leviable on the same extent of forest land of similar nature in the same area.
PART-B Principles for calculating amount to be paid to owners of private forests in respect of trees other than bamboos.
Amount per tree in rupees Girth at breast height Teak Superior Inferior Injaili injaili
(a) For trees in Broach, Surat, Bulsar and Dangs Districts:— Below 20 cms .. .. Nil Nil Nil 20 cms. and above but below 30 cms 0.66 0.30 0.06 30 cms. and above but below 45 cms 2.27 1.06 0.17 45 cms. and above but below 60 cms 4.05 2.23 0.33 60 cms. and above but below 75 cms 6.64 3.43 0.56 75 cms. and above but below 90 cms 10.08 4.36 0.62 90 cms. and above but below 105 cms 16.02 6.08 1.07 105 cms. and above but below 120 cms 22.26 8.49 1.46 120 cms. and above .. .. .. 27.04 11.51 1.79
(b) For trees in all districts of the State other than Broach, Surat, Bulsar and Dangs Districts :— Below 20 cms. .. .. Nil Nil Nil 20 cms. and above but below 30 cms 0.45 0.19 0.03 30 cms. and above but below 45 cms 1.39 0.48 0.12 45 cms. and above but below 60 cms 3.26 1.07 0.27 60 cms. and above but below 75 cms 5.75 1.75 0.60 75 cms. and above but below 90 cms 8.61 2.60 0.63 90 cms. and above but below 105 cms 13.22 4.23 1.02 105 cms. and above . 15.74 5.04 1.74 Note.—-1 No amount shall be paid for any tree the height of which is reduced to 4 metres or less on account of the upper portion thereof being chopped off.
Note.—2 (a) "Superior injaili" means khair, sisam, haldu, sadad, kalam, bigo, tannach, sivan and mahuda.
(b) "Inferior injaili" means any tree other than teak or superior injaili.
PART C Principles for calculating amount to be paid to owners of private forests in respect of bamboos.
(1) For bamboos having length of 4 meters and above :- Amount in rupees per 100 bamboos Kind of bamboo.
Maval Katus Others
(a) in Broach, Surat, Bulsar and Dangs districts .. .. .. 20 37.50 ….
(b) in Panchmahals district …. …. 7.50
(c) in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Amreli and Kutch districts …. …. 10.00
(d) in all districts of the State, other than those specified above …. …. 4.50
(2) For bamboos having less than 4 meters length .. .. Nil …. ….
---------------- 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, See Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part V, Dated the 10th November, 1972, page 272.
This Act was assented to by the President on the 24th June, 1973.
This Act has ceased to have effect on the expiry of the period of one year after revocation of the Proclamation by the President.
2 This proviso was added by Guj. 6 of 1985, s. 2 (1).
3 Sub-section (2) was Deleted by guj. 6 of 1985, r.2(2).
4 These words were substituted for the words "shall be paid in cash" by Guj. 6 of 1985 s. 3.
5 These words were added by Guj. 6 of 1985, s. 4.
6 Section 17, was re-numbered as sub-section (1)[ by Guj. 6 of 1985 s. 5.
7 sub-section (2) was inserted by Guj. 6 of 1985, s. 5 of that section 5.