State Act

THE KARNATAKA PRESERVATION OF TREES ACT, 1976

5. Appointment of Tree Officer.- (1) 1[The Head of the Karnataka Forest Department]1 may, subject to sub-section (2) appoint for each urban area and rural area one or more Forest Officers as Tree Officers for the purpose of this Act. (2) Such Tree Officer shall,- (i) in an urban area comprising of a 1[larger urban area]1, be not below the rank of an Assistant Conservator of Forests; (ii) in an urban area comprising of a 1[smaller urban area or a transitional area]1, be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer; (iii) in a rural area of the kind specified in Schedule II, be not below the rank of a Range Forest Officer. (iv) in a rural area of the kind specified in Schedule, I, be not below the rank of a Divisional Forest Officer.