CHAPTER VII Penalties and Procedure.

Section 48: Procedure in regard to perishable property seized under section 44

The Telangana Forest Act, 1967

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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.

(1) Except where a forest offence has been compounded, the magistrate may direct the sale of any property seized under section 44, which is subject to speedy and natural decay, and if in the opinion of the officer seizing such property, it is not possible to obtain the orders of the magistrate in time, such officer may sell the property himself, remit the sale proceeds into the nearest Government treasury and make a report of such seizure, sale and remittance to the magistrate, and thereupon the Magistrate shall take such measures as may be necessary for the trial of the accused.

(2) The magistrate may deal with the proceeds of the sale of any property held under sub-section (1) in the same manner as he might have dealt with the property if it had not been sold.