Section 72: Provincial Government may invest Forest-officers with certain powers

72. Provincial Government may invest Forest-officers with certain powers.___(1) The 1[Provincial Government] may invest any Forest-officer with all or of the following powers, that is to say:___ 1Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”. 2Subs. ibid., for “local official Gazette”. (a) power to enter upon any land and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same; (b) the powers of a Civil Court to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of documents and material objects; (c) power to issue a search-warrant under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898); and (d) power to hold an inquiry into forest-offences, and, in the course of such inquiry, to receive and record evidence. (2) Any evidence recorded under clause (d) of sub-section (1) shall be admissible in subsequent trial before a Magistrate, provided that it has been taken in the presence of accused person.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

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