The Divisional Forest Officer may, from time to time, with the previous sanction of the Government, stop any public or private way or watercourse in a reserved forest where reasonably convenient substitute for the way or water-course so stopped already exists or has been provided or constructed.
CHAPTER II RESERVED FORESTS
Section 19: Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests
The Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967
How current this text is
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Andhra Pradesh (Environment, Forest, Science and Technology Department), with amendments up to Act 15 of 2016 (the Andhra Pradesh Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016).
Chapter IIIA (sections 28A to 28G, Preservation of Private Forests) applies only in the Scheduled Areas and is not part of this India Code text; it is printed in the 2012 text of the Act hosted by the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority, and the instrument that inserted it has not been identified.