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No. 324] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 Aani 11, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056
Part IV—Section 2
Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances
The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the President on the 17th June 2025 and is hereby published for general information:—
ACT No. 41 of 2025.
An Act Further to Amend the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Forest
commencement.
(Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State
Government may, by notification, appoint.
Tamil Nadu Act V
Amendment of 2. In section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 (hereinafter
of 1882.
section 7.
referred to as the principal Act), for the expression "the Board of
Revenue", the expression "such officer of the Revenue Department
not below the rank of District Collector, as may be notified by the
Government" shall be substituted.
Insertion of 3. After section 16-A of the principal Act, the following section
section 16-B.
shall be inserted, namely:—
TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 196"16-B.Declaration of compensatory afforestation land
to be reserved forest.—Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Act, the Government may, by notification, declare any land
transferred to the Forest Department for the purpose of compensatory
afforestation under the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan)
Adhiniyam, 1980 (Central Act 69 of 1980) and the rules made
thereunder, as reserved forest.".
4. In the proviso to section 18 of the principal Act, for the
Amendment of section 18.
expression "the Board of Revenue", the expression "such officer of
the Revenue Department not below the rank of District Collector, as
may be notified by the Government" shall be substituted.
5. For section 65 of the principal Act, the following section shall
Substitution of section 65.
be substituted, namely:—
"65. Government may delegate powers.—The Government
may, by notification, delegate any of the powers vested in them under
sections 16, 19, 20, 22, 27 and 58 to such officer of the Revenue
Department not below the rank of District Collector, as may be
specified in the said notification.".
(By order of the Governor)
S. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Secretary to Government, Law Department.