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CHAPTER VII Penalties and Procedure.

Section 50: Property when to vest in Government

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.

1[(1) Where an order of confiscation of any property passed under sub-section (2-A) or sub-section (2-D) of section 44 has become final in respect of the whole or any portion of such property, such property or the portion thereof, as the case may be, shall vest in the Government free from all encumbrances.]

2[(2)] Where an order for the confiscation any property was passed under section 45 or section 47 and the period limited by section 49 for presenting an appeal from such order has elapsed, and no such appeal was presented, or where, on such an appeal being presented, the appellate court confirms such order in respect of the whole or a portion of such property, such property or portion, as the case may be shall vest in the Government free from all encumbrances.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Sub-section (1) inserted by Act No.17 of 1976.
  2. 2.Existing section 50 renumbered as sub-section (2) by Act No.17 of 1976.