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

Section 34: Power to cancel or suspend licence

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.

The Divisional Forest Officer may, after recording the reasons therefor, cancel or suspend any licence granted under this Chapter, if he is satisfied that the licensee has contravened, or failed to comply with, any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any of the terms or conditions of the licence, after giving the licensee an opportunity of making a representation against the action proposed to be taken.