State Act

The Odisha Forest Act, 1972.

1[55-AA. Minimum punishment to be imposed :– Unless for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, the Court passing an order of conviction for an offence under this Act or the Rules made thereunder [other than an offence under Sub-Section (2) 2(or Sub-Section (3) of Section 27 or Sub-Section (2) of Section 46 or Section 55-C or Section 55-E or Section 67) or under Section 83] imposes a lesser punishment, the minimum punishment to be imposed on such conviction shall be imprisonment for a period of two months together with a fine of an amount equal to fifty per cent of the maximum fine provided for the offence.]