(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to regulate the sale of timber and the establishment of sale depots for such timber.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may,-
(a) prescribe the classes of timber to which the rules shall apply;
(b) define what shall be deemed to be a sale depot;
(c) provide for the establishment, registration, regulation and inspection of the depots, and the levy of fees for registration;
prescribe the period for which registration shall hold good and the conditions under which timber may be brought to, stored at, and removed from, sale depots; and prohibit the sale of timber at or the establishment or maintenance of unregistered sale depots;
(d) regulate the use of sale depot marks and the registration of such arks; prescribe the time for which registration shall hold good; and provide for the levy of fees for registration;
(e) prescribe the registers to be maintained at sale depots and provide for the production of such registers before and for their examination by any forest officer authorised in this behalf by the divisional forest officer;
(f) prescribe, as penalties for the infringement of any rule made under this section, imprisonment which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both. Double penalties may be inflicted where the offence is committed after sunset and before sunrise, or after preparation for resistance of lawful authority or if the officer has been previously convicted of a like offence.
(3) All rules made under this section shall be so made after previous publication in the Official Gazette.
(4) All rules made under this Act shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly as soon as may be after they are made.