26A. Prohibition on taking of forest produce from reserved forest unless licensed etc.

No person shall take any forest produce from a reserved forest except under the authority of a licence or a use permit issued by the Director or in accordance with any other written law.

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.

Any person convicted of an offence under subsection (2) may, in addition to any penalty imposed on the conviction, be ordered to pay, in respect of any forest produce unlawfully taken, to the Government —