Forest Act · s 22C

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22C.
Use permit
(1) No person shall occupy or carry out any activity upon any land within a reserved forest unless he is the holder of a use permit.

Forest
(2) The Director may, in accordance with the provisions contained in rules made under this Act, issue a use permit for the carrying out of any of the following activities —
(a) research;
(b) education or training;
(c) recreation;
(d) use of water resources, except the construction or operation of hydro-electric dams;
(e) cultivation of vegetables and fodder crops;
(f)
establishment of conversion plants;
(g) establishment of logging infrastructures.
(3) The Director may, either generally or in any particular case, and for such period as he may think fit, exempt any person or class of person from the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), and in granting such exemption the Director may impose such conditions as he may think fit.
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.

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s 22CUse permit

(1)

No person shall occupy or carry out any activity upon any land within a reserved forest unless he is the holder of a use permit.

Forest

(2)

The Director may, in accordance with the provisions contained in rules made under this Act, issue a use permit for the carrying out of any of the following activities —

(a)

research;

(b)

education or training;

(c)

recreation;

(d)

use of water resources, except the construction or operation of hydro-electric dams;

(e)

cultivation of vegetables and fodder crops;

(f)

establishment of conversion plants;

(g)

establishment of logging infrastructures.

(3)

The Director may, either generally or in any particular case, and for such period as he may think fit, exempt any person or class of person from the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), and in granting such exemption the Director may impose such conditions as he may think fit.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.