Forest (Amendment) Act 2009 · As enacted
6. Amendment of section 3A of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 3A of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the addition immediately after subsection (2)
thereof of the following subsections :—
“(3) Where an Order has been made under subsection (1), the Conservator-General of Forests shall for the purpose of preserving the values described in subsection (1) prepare a Management Plan for
Conservation Forests, in the manner prescribed.
The Conservator-General of Forests or any other officer authorized by him in writing in that behalf shall implement the Management Plan for the Conservation
Forests in respect of which such Management Plan was prepared, in the manner as prescribed for the purposes specified in subsection (1).
The Minister shall make regulations in respect of the matters required to be included in the
Management Plan and the manner and procedure to be followed in the preparation, implementation and administration of such Management Plan.
Where any immovable property, not being a
State land, which is possessed of any of the features referred to in subsection (1), is required for the existence and preservation of a Conservation Forest that has been declared under subsection (1), such land may be acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition
Act (Chapter 460) on the recommendation of the
Minister.”.