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Section 62C: Certificate of Forest Officer to be an evidence

The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 5 of 1964

Any document purporting to be a certificate under the hand of a Forest Officer not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer who has undergone training in the examination of forest produce and who is so authorised by the State Government in this behalf in respect of forest produce, submitted to him for examination and report, may be used as evidence of the facts stated in such certificate in any proceedings under this Act; but the court may, if it things fit, and shall on the application of the prosecution or the accused person summon and examine any such Forest Officer as to the subject matter of his certificate.]1

1. Sections 62A to 62C inserted by Act 20 of 2000 w.e.f. 4.10.2000.

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ActThe Karnataka Forest Act, 1963
Section62C
Marginal noteCertificate of Forest Officer to be an evidence
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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