The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 5 of 1964
(1) Nothing in section 24 shall be deemed to prohibit,—
(a) the exercise, in accordance with the rules, if any, made under section 14, of any right continued under that section; or
(b) the exercise of any right created by grant or contract in the manner described in section 20; or
(c) any act done with the permission in writing of a Forest Officer duly empowered to grant such permission, or under any rule made by the State Government.