Wherever an offender is prosecuted in case of forest offence involving Red Sanders Wood or Sandal Wood or Scheduled Tree, the burden of proof to prove innocence shall lie on the accused except in trivial offences.
CHAPTER V POSSESSION OF SANDALWOOD [OR RED SANDERS WOOD OR SCHEDULED TREE]
Section 32C: Presumptions regarding commission of offence
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.