CHAPTER VII Penalties and Procedure.

Section 51: Saving of power to release property seized

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.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent the Divisional Forest Officer from directing at any time the immediate release of any property seized under section 44, and the withdrawal of any charge made in respect of such property in accordance with the provision of ¹[section 494 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898]:

Provided that where a report is made to the Magistrate of the property seized under section 44 the Divisional Forest Officer shall not release the property without the consent in writing of such magistrate, or without previous intimation to such magistrate.

Footnotes in the official text

1.See now section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974).