CHAPTER VII PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 60A: Prohibition of holding illegally acquired property and forfeiture of such property

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[(1) On and from the date of commencement of the

Andhra Pradesh Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016(Act No. 15 of 2016), it shall not be lawful for any person to whom this Act applies to hold any illegally acquired property either by himself or through any other person on his behalf.

(2) Where any person holds such property in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), such property shall be liable to be forfeited to the State Government in accordance with the provision of the principal Act as amended buy the said amendment Act.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Sections inserted by Act 15 of 2016, section 21.