State Act

Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forest Act 1949

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949. 2. It applies (i) * * * * (ii) to forests situated in estates as defined in the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908, in the State of Tamil Nadu ; (iii) to private forests situated in other areas in the State of Tamil Nadu and having a contiguous area exceeding forests for the purposes of this Act, by notification, in the District Gazette, but does not apply to reserved forests constituted under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, and lands at the disposal of the Government as defined in that Act. Explanation - A private forest exceeding 2 hectares in extent shall not cease to be such by reason only of the fact that, in a portion thereof trees, shrubs or reeds are felled or cut with or without the permission of the Committee or lands are cultivated, or rocks, roads, tanks, rivers or the like exist nor shall the area of such forest cease to be contiguous by reason only of the existence of all or any of the aforesaid circumstance. (3) It shall come into force at once