State Act

The Colonization of Govt. Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912

33. If any person, without permission of a Revenue Officer of a grade to be specified by the 2[State] Government— (a) clears or breaks up for cultivation, or cultivates any land which is owned by, or is in the possession of the 1[Government] and is not included in any tenancy or allotted residential enclosure or which has been set apart for the common purposes of a town or village community or section of the same or for a road, canal or water-course; or (b) erects any building on any such land; or (c) fells or otherwise destroys standing trees on such land; or (d) otherwise encroaches on any such land; or (e) makes an excavation or constructs a water channel on any such land; he shall, on complaint made by order of or under authority from the Collector, be punished on conviction [* * * *] with a fine not exceeding Rs. 200. Explanation.—The felling of trees planted by an owner or tenant on any village road or water-course traversing his holding is not an offence under this section.