State Act
Section 55-C. Regulation, sale and manufacture of sandal-wood and sandal-wood oil
55-C. Regulation, sale and manufacture of sandal-wood and sandal-wood oil :– (1) No person shall possess, store or sell or attempt to store or sell sandal wood or disintegrate or attempt to disintegrate sandal wood in mills or by other contrivance, manufacture or distil or attempt to manufacture or distil oil from sandal woods except under a licence obtained from a Forest Officer empowered in this behalf on payment of such fees and subject to such restrictions and conditions, as may be prescribed; Provided that no such licence shall be necessary for possession of sandal wood up to two kilogram for bona fide domestic use. 1[(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of Sub-Section (1) shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but may extend to seven years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.]