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CHAPTER VII PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 60J: Constitution of Appellate Tribunal -(

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) The State Government may, by notification, constitute an Appellate Tribunal to be called the Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property consisting of a Chairman, and such number of other members being officers of the State Government not below the rank of a Principal Secretary to Governmnet, as the State Government thinks fit, to be appointed by that Government for hearing appeals against the orders made under section 60C, section 60F, sub-section (1) of section 60G or section 60H.

(2) The Chairman of the Appellate Tribunal shall be a person who is or has been or is qualified to be a Judge of a High Court.

(3) The terms and condition of service of the Chairman and others member shall be such as may be prescribed.