No person shall without the permission of the Collector or such officer as may be empowered by the Government in this behalf, cut down or destroy any excise tree 1[xxx] such permission may be given subject to such conditions and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.The words “belonging to the Government” in section and “Government” in marginal heading omitted by Act No.10 of 1989.