CHAPTER VII PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 51: Saving of power to release, property seized

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.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent the Divisional Forest Officer from directing at any time the immediate release of any property seized under section 44, and the withdrawal of any charge made in respect of such property in accordance with the provisions of¹[section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]:

Provided that where a report is made to the magistrate of the property seized under section 44, the Divisional Forest Officer shall not release the property without the consent in writing of such magistrate, or without previous intimation to such magistrate.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Substituted by Act 15 of 2016, section 16.