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Secret
Forest Policy Division, MOEF&CC, GoI [Proposed Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2018]
Dated 07.03.2019
AMENDMENT TO INDIAN FOREST ACT, 1927
Section Indian Forest Act, 1927 Proposed amendment Comments of State/UT Government
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INDIAN FOREST ACT 1927 THE INDIAN FOREST ACT, 2019
Preamble: Preamble:
An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the “An act to provide for conservation, enrichment and
transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on sustainable management of forest resources and matters
timber and other forest-produce. connected therewith to safeguard ecological stability to
ensure provision of ecosystem services in perpetuity and
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law to address the concerns related to climate change and
relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and international commitments.”
the duty leviable on timber and other forest-
produce; it is hereby enacted as follows:-
WHEREAS it is imperative to conserve forests, to
improve the ecosystem services that flow from forests,
to ensure environmental stability and wellbeing of
people in general and forest dependent people in
particular, to meet the national developmental
aspirations and the various international commitments,
to strengthen and support the forest based traditional
knowledge and all matters connected therewith or
ancillary or incidental thereto, with peoples’
participation and to provide a comprehensive legislation
to deal with issues related to forestry sector and
therefore the Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2019 is
enacted as under:
Be it enacted in the year …………………. by the
Parliament of the Republic of India as follows:
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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Section Indian Forest Act, 1927 Proposed amendment in IFA with Section(re- Remarks of MoEF&CC/ Core
arrangement) Committee
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1. Short title and extent--- 1. Short title and extent---
(1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest Act, 1927. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest
(Amendment) Act, 2019.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories (2) It extends to the whole of India, except the State of
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which immediately before the 1 November, 1956, Jammu & Kashmir.
were comprised in Part B States.
(3) It applies to the territories, which, immediately (3) It shall come into force with effect from ………..
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before 1 November, 1956, were comprised in the
State of Bihar, Bombay, Coorg, Delhi, Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal; but the Government of any State may by
notification in the Official Gazette bring this Act
into force in the whole or any specified part of that
State to which this Act extends and where it is not in
force.
2. Interpretation Clause--- 2. Definition---
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the
subject or context,- subject or context,-
(1) “cattle” includes elephants, camels, buffaloes, (1) “cattle” includes domesticated /captive population of
horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, cows, oxen and other
asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and livestock such as camels, elephants, donkeys, goats,
kids; horses, mares, mithuns, mules, pigs, sheep, yaks, or any
other domesticated animals notified by Central or State
Government and also their young;
(2) “claimant” in respect of any land means a person,
claiming to be entitled to the land or any other interest
therein acquired, owned, settled or possessed or
purported to have been acquired, owned, settled or
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possessed whether under, through or by any lease or
license under and in accordance with any provision or
any enactment.
(3) “community” is a group of persons specified on the
basis of Government records living in a specific locality
and in joint possession and enjoyment of common
property resources, without regard to race, religion,
caste, language and culture.
(4) “village forest” means the village forests referred to
in section 28 of the Indian Forest (Amendment) Act,
2019.
(5) “forest” includes any Government or private or
institutional land recorded or notified as forest /forest
land in any Government record and the lands managed
by Government/community as forest and mangroves,
and also any land which the Central or State
Government may by notification declare to be forest for
the purpose of this Act.
Explanation:
The term “forest” includes meadows, grassland,
watercourses, ponds, lakes, roads etc., situated within
such forest.
(6) “forest land” means land of any description notified,
recorded or identified in accordance with law as forest
and forest land and includes reserved forest, protected
forest, unclassed or unclassified forests (if any), any
land transferred to the forest department for forestry
purposes, existing, proposed and deemed forests.
(7) “Reserved Forests” means the reserved forests
referred to in section 3 of the Indian Forest
(Amendment) Act, 2019.
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(8) “Protected Forests” means the protected forests
referred to in section 29 of the Indian Forest
(Amendment) Act, 2019.
(9) “Unclassed Forests” means all demarcated or un-
demarcated forest land or non-forest land, Government
or private land legally transferred, handed-over,
purchased, acquired or given to the State Forest
Department/Union Territory Administration for
administration and management; but has not been
notified either as “reserve forest” or “protected forests”,
duly entered in the forest records; this include the non-
forest land or any land transferred for the purpose of
compensatory afforestation under Forest (Conservation)
Act, 1980. All the provisions of the Chapter-IV of
Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2019 shall apply to
unclassed forest lands.
(10) “production forests” may be defined as notified by
the Central Government, State Government or Union
Territory Administration under Section-34.C (1) for the
specific purpose of increasing production of forest
produce in the country.
(2) “Forest-officer” means any person whom the State (11) “Forest-officer” means any person whom the
Government or any officer empowered by the State Central or the State Government or any officer
Government in this behalf, may appoint to carry out empowered by the Central or the State Government in
all or any of the purposes of this Act or to do this behalf, may appoint to carry out all or any of the
anything required by this Act or any rule made purposes of this Act or to do anything required by this
thereunder to be done by a Forest-officer; Act or any rule made thereunder to be done by a Forest-
officer;
(3) “forest-offence” means an offence punishable under (12) “forest-offence” means an offence punishable under
this Act or under any rule made thereunder; this Act or under any rule made thereunder;
(4) “forest-produce” includes– (13) “forest-produce” includes–
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