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Section 5: Appointment of Tree Officer.

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

(1) As soon as may be after this Act is brought into force in any urban area, the urban local authority concerned shall, subject to sub-section (2), appoint one or more of its officers as Tree Officers for the purposes of this Act.

(2) In Greater Bombay any officer to be appointed as Tree Officer shall not be below the rank of Ward Officer, and in other municipal corporation areas such officer shall not be below the rank of Assistant Municipal Commissioner. In every municipal area, the Chief Officer of the municipal council concerned shall be Tree Officer, and the Council may appoint one or more of its other officers as Tree Officers.

(3) Every Tree Officer shall exercise jurisdiction over the whole or such part of the urban area as [the Tree Authority] may, from time to time, determine.

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ActThe Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975.
Section5
Marginal noteAppointment of Tree Officer.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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