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2018

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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:-

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Forest (Amendment) Act, 2018.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

Short title and

commencement.

Tamil Nadu Act V

of 1882.

2.

In section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, for the defi nition of “tree”, the

following defi nition shall be substituted, namely:-

“ “tree” includes stumps and brushwood;”.

Amendment of

section 2.

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

STATEMENT 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.

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