The Government shall not be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur in respect of any timber or other forest produce while at a depot or station established under a rule made under section 29 or while detained elsewhere for the purpose of this Act; and no forest officer shall be responsible for any such loss or damage unless he causes such loss or damage negligently, wilfully, maliciously or fraudulently.
CHAPTER IV Control of timber and other forest produce in transit or possession.
Section 30: Government and forest officers not liable for damage to forest produce at depots and stations
The Telangana Forest Act, 1967
How current this text is
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Telangana (Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department): the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967 as in force in the combined State on 2 June 2014, adapted to Telangana under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 by G.O.Ms.No.22, E.F.S&T (For.I) Department, dated 13.05.2015, with amendments up to Act No.35 of 1997.
Amendments made by Andhra Pradesh after 2 June 2014, such as the Andhra Pradesh Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016, do not apply in Telangana and are not in this text.
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 Andhra Pradesh Forest Act hosted by the Telangana Forest Department, and the Telangana Preservation of Private Forest Rules, 1978, made under section 28-G for the scheduled areas, were adopted in Telangana by G.O.Ms.No.22 of 13.05.2015; the instrument that inserted the chapter has not been identified.