Section 2: Definitions.

The Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 44 of 1975

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

[(1a) "heritage tree" means a tree categorised as such by the Tree Authority, in accordance with the norms as may be notified by the Government;]

[[(1aa)] "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under section 22 of this Act;]

(a) "preservation of trees" includes planting of new trees and [other operations for survival and propagation of the trees;]

(b) "relevant Act" means the Act under which the urban local authority concerned is constituted;

[(d) "tree" means any perennial woody plant, whether in the seeding or sappling stage or fully grown stage, and includes shrubs whose branches spring from the ground level;]

(e) "Tree Officer" means an officer appointed as such by the Tree Authority for the purpose of this Act;

(f) "Urban area" means a municipal corporation area for which a municipal corporation is constituted under [the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (Bom. III of 1888), the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act (LIX of 1949), or a municipal area within the meaning of clause (24) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965),] and includes a notified area for which a Special Planning Authority is constituted or appointed under section 40 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966) or an area designated as the site for a new town for which a Development Authority is constituted under section 113 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966);

(g) "urban local authority" in respect of any urban area, means the municipal corporation, municipal council, Special Planning Authority or Development Authority, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over that area;

(h) words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the relevant Act.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975.
Section	2
Marginal note	Definitions.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
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.

inserted, Mah. 9 of 2021. Clause (1a) was inserted by Mah. 9 of 2021, s. 2(2).
inserted, Mah. 7 of 1996. Clause (1a) was inserted, by Mah. 7 of 1996, s. 4.
renumbered, Mah. 9 of 2021. Clause (1a) was re-numbered as clause (1aa) by Mah. 9 of 2021, s. 2(1).
substituted, Mah. 3 of 1977. These words were substituted for the words "transplanting trees to other sites" by Mah. 3 of 1977, s. 2(a).
substituted, Mah. 3 of 1977. These words were substituted for the words "lopping a tree to cause substantial damage or destruction thereto" by Mah. 3 of 1977, s. 2(b).
substituted, Mah. 3 of 1977. Clause (d) was substituted for the original by Mah. 3 of 1977, s. 2(c).
substituted, Mah. 15 of 2015. These words were substituted for the words "the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 or the City of Nagar Corporation Act, 1948, or a municipal area for which a Municipal Council is constituted under the Municipalities Act, 1965" by Mah. 15 of 2015,s. 2.

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