Section 5: Appointment of Tree Officer

The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976State Act of Karnataka · Act 76 of 1976

(1) 1[The Head of the Karnataka Forest Department]1 may, subject to sub-section (2) appoint for each urban area and rural area one or more Forest Officers as Tree Officers for the purpose of this Act.

1. Substituted by Act 08 of 2015 w.e.f. 06.02.2015.

(2) Such Tree Officer shall,- 9

(i) in an urban area comprising of a 1[larger urban area]1, be not below the rank of an Assistant Conservator of Forests;

1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998

(ii) in an urban area comprising of a 1[smaller urban area or a transitional area]1, be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer;

1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1998 w.e.f. 11.5.1998

(iii) in a rural area of the kind specified in Schedule II, be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer.

(iv) in a rural area of the kind specified in Schedule, I, be not below the rank of a Divisional Forest Officer.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976
Section	5
Marginal note	Appointment of Tree Officer
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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