State Act
Section 23. Persons bound to assist Forest officer and Police-officer
23. Every person who exercises any right in a reserved forest, or who is permitted to take any forest-produce from, or to cut and remove timber or to pasture cattle in, such forest; and every person who is employed by any such person in such forest; and every village-officer or person in any village contiguous to such forest who is employed by the Government; shall be bound to furnish without unnecessary delay to the nearest Forest-officer or Police-station-house-officer any information he may possess respecting the occurrence of a fire in or near such forest or the commission of, or intention to commit, any forest offence; and shall assist any Forest-officer or Police-officer demanding his aid- (a) in extinguishing any fire occurring in such forest; (b) in preventing any fire which may occur in the vicinity of such forest from spreading to such forest; (c) in preventing the commission in such forest of any forest-offence; and (d) when there is reason to believe that any such offence has been committed in such forest, in discovering and arresting the offender.