No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except on a report, in writing of the facts constituting such offence, made by a Forest Officer not below the rank of a Forest Ranger or any such other officer as may be empowered by general or special order of the Stage Government in that behalf.
1[XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] 2[9. Saving in respect of acts done in good faith.- (1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
(2) No suit o other legal proceeding shall lie against the State Government 3[XXXXXXXXXXX] for any damage caused or likely to be caused or any injury suffered or likely to be suffered by virtue of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
1. Section 17 omitted vide H.P. Act No. 18 of 2002.
2. Section 18 of the principal Act renumbered as section 9.
3. The words “or an authorised officer” deleted vide H.P. Act No. 18 of 2002.
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH RESIN AND RES1N PRODUCTS (REGUATION OF 5 TRADE) ACT, 1981 1[10. Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2[(2) Every rule made under this section shall , as soon as may be after it is made be laid before the State Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of not less than ten days, comprised in its one session or two or more successive session, and if before the expiry of session in which it is so laid or the successive session, the Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule shall not be made, the rule, shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.]
3[XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] 4[11. Repeal and savings.- The Himachal Pradesh Resin and Resin Products (Regulation of Trade) Ordinance, 1981 (1 of 1981), is hereby repealed:
Provided that anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act, as if this Act had commenced on the 13th February, 1981.
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1. Section 19 of the principal Act re-numbered as section 10 vide H.P. Act No. 18 of 2002.
2. Sub-sections (2) and (4) deleted and sub-section (3) re-numbered as sub-section
(2) vide H.P. Act No. 18 of 2002.
3. Section 20 omitted vide H.P. Act No. 18 of 2002.
4. Section 21 of the principal Act re-numbered as section 11.