Section 51: Power to make rules and prescribe penalties

51. Power to make rules and prescribe penalties.___(1) The 1[Provincial Government] may make rules to regulate the following matters, namely:___ 1Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”. 2Subs. ibid., for “local official Gazette”. 3Subs. by A.O., 1961, Art. 2 (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956), for “Crown” which had been subs. by A.O., 1937, for “Govt.”. (a) the salving, collection and disposal of all timber mentioned in section 45; (b) the use and registration of boats used in salving and collecting timber; (c) the amounts to be paid for salving, collecting, moving, storing or disposing such timber; and (d) the use and registration of hammers and other instruments to be used marking such timber. (2) The 1[Provincial Government] may prescribe, as penalties for the contravention of any rules made under this section, imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or both. CHAPTER IX PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Effective date: 1927-01-01

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