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CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25,  2025

Aani 11, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

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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:—

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Forest

(Amendment) Act, 2025.

Short title and

commencement.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State

Government may, by notification, appoint.

Tamil Nadu Act V

of 1882.

2. In section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 (hereinafter

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.

Amendment of

section 7.

3. After section 16-A of the principal Act, the following section

shall be inserted, namely:—

Insertion of

section 16-B.

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“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.”.

Amendment of

section 18.

4. In the proviso to section 18 of 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.

Substitution of

section 65.

5. For section 65 of the principal Act, the following section shall

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.

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