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No. 204] CHENNAI, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2018 Vaikasi 28 , Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049
Part IV—Section 1
Tamil Nadu Bills
BILL INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU
Under Rule 130 of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Rules, the following Bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu on 11th June, 2018 is published together with Statement of Objects and Reasons for general information:—
L.A. Bill No. 23 of 2018
A Bill further to amend the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Sixty-
ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Forest (Amendment) Act, 2018.
commencement.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
Tamil Nadu Act V
2. In section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, for the defi nition of "tree", the Amendment of section 2.
of 1882.
following defi nition shall be substituted, namely:-
" "tree" includes stumps and brushwood;".
112 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARYSTATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS.
The Union Government have promulgated the Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 (Central Ordinance 6 of 2017) omitting the word "bamboos" from the defi nition of 'tree' in order to exempt bamboo grown in non-forest areas from the requirement of permit for felling or transit under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Central Act XVI of 1927).
2. In tune with the aforesaid change made in the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the State Government have decided to omit the word "bamboos" from the defi nition of the word 'tree' in the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1882).
3. The Bill seeks to give effect to the above decision.
DINDIGUL C.
SREENIVASAN, Minister for Forests.
K. SRINIVASAN, Secretary.