Section 45: Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of Government until title thereto proved, and may be collected accordingly.

The Indian Forest Act, 1927Central Act · Act 16 of 1927

(1) All timber found adrift, beached, stranded or sunk;

all wood or timber bearing marks which have not been registered in accordance with the rules made under section 41, or on which the marks have been obliterated, altered or defaced by fire or otherwise; and

in such areas as the [State Government] directs, all unmarked wood and timber;

shall be deemed to be the property of Government, unless and untill any person establishes his right and title thereto, as provided in this Chapter.

(2) Such timber may be collected by any forest-officer or other person entitled to collect the same by virtue of any rule made under s ion 51, and may be brought to any depot which the Forest-officer may notify as a depot for the reception of drift timber.

(3) The [State Government] may, by notification in the [Official Gazette], exempt any class of timber from the provisions of this section.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Indian Forest Act, 1927
Section	45
Marginal note	Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of Government until title thereto proved, and may be collected accordingly.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs.,ibid., for "Provincial Government".
substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette".

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