Section 43: Government and Forest -officers not liable for damage to forest -produce at depot

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43. Government and Forest -officers not liable for damage to forest -produce at depot.— The 1[Government] shall not be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur in respect of any timber or other forest-produce while at a depot established under a rule made under section 41, or while detained elsewhere, for the purposes of this Act; and no Forest-officer shall be responsible for any such loss or damage, unless he causes such loss or damage negligently, maliciously or fraudulently.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

Related sections

Section 42: Penalty for breach of rules made under section 41 Section 44: All persons bound to aid in case of accidents at depot Section 41A: Powers of Federal Government as to movements of timber across Customs Section 45: Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of Government until title thereto Section 41: Power to make rules to regulate transit of forest produce Section 46: Notice to claimants of drift timber

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