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CHAPTER V POSSESSION OF SANDALWOOD [OR RED SANDERS WOOD OR SCHEDULED TREE]

Section 32A: Possession of Red Sanders Wood

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.

1[No person shall have in his possession any quantity of Red Sanders wood in excess of 20 kg expect under a license granted by Divisional Forest Officer in such a manner as may be Wood. Prescribed:

Provided that the Divisional Forest Officer may by order refuse to grant or renew license to any applicant or license in respect of whom he is satisfied that by reason of his involvement in an offence under this Act or the rules made there under or the previous cancellation or suspension of any license granted there under or the contraventions of any of the requirements as to the possession of the Red Sanders Wood or for any other ground that may be prescribed he is not a fit person to whom a license may be granted or renewed under this section and every such order shall be communicated as soon as may be to the applicant or the licensee as the case maybe.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Sections inserted by Act 15 of 2016, section 8.