2. Replacement of section 4 of Chapter 452
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Section 4 of the Felling of Trees (Control)
Act is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefore :—
Penalty for
4. (1) Any person who acts in contravention a of any Order made under this Act, or of any
Order.
condition inserted in any licence granted under any such Order shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial before a
Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than five thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months and not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Upon the conviction of any person for an offence under subsection (1), any tree or part therof in respect of which such offence has been committed shall, by reason of such conviction be forfeited to the State.
Any tree or part thereof forfeited to the
State under subsection (2) shall—
ifno appeal has been preferred to a High
Court established by Article 154P of the
Constitution against the relevant conviction vest absolutely in the State with effect from the date on which the period prescribed for preferring an appeal against such conviction expires ;
ifan appeal has been preferred to a High
Court established under Article 154P of the Constitution against the relevant conviction, vest absolutely in the State with effect from the date on which such conviction is finally affirmed on appeal.
In this subsection, “relevant conviction”
means the conviction in consequence of which any tree or part thereof is forfeited to the State under subsection (2).
An officer designated in writing by the
Conservator of Forests shall take charge of any tree or part thereof vested in the State under subsection (3) and shall dispose of it in accordance with the directions of the
Conservator of Forests.”
Sinhala text to