This document summarizes several forest laws and policies in Pakistan, including the Indian Forest Act 1927, the Hazara Forest Act 1926, the Cutting of Trees (Prohibition) Act 1992, the Forest (Amendment) Act 2010, and the Punjab Forest (Amendment) Act 2016. It outlines the key topics, sections, and responsibilities covered in each law/policy. For example, it notes that the Indian Forest Act consolidates rules around reserved forests, village forests, protected forests, penalties and forest officers. The Cutting of Trees Act prohibits tree cutting without approval and establishes penalties. The 2010 and 2016 Acts amended earlier acts to update terminology and allow for unclassed forests and forest companies.

1. Forest Laws & Policies
S# Presenter Topic
1. Muzamil Indian Forest Act 1927, Background
2. Toheed Reserved Forests
3. Zeeshan Village Forests
4. Zulfiqar Protected Forests
5. Nouman Penalties & Procedures
6. Ali Forest Officers/Hierarchy of Forest Dept
7. Sabir The Hazara Forest Act, 1926
8. Waseem The Cutting of Trees (Prohibition) Act, 1992
9. Kirdar The Forest (amendment) Act 2010
10. Wajahat The Punjab Forest (amendment) Act 2016

2. Policy
A course or principle of action adopted or proposed
by an organization or individual.
Points
• What we want to do?
• Why we need ?
• Who will do?
• How will do?

3. About Policy
• Conservation Work Started in 1872
• Forest Conservation Policy (1894)
• Policy was changed with the passage of time

4. Law
• System of rules
• community recognizes
• regulating the actions
• enforce by the imposition of penalty

5. Indian Forest Act 1927
• To consolidate
• Transit of forest-produce
• Duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce
• 86 Sections
• 13 Chapters

6. Background
• Forest Act 1865
• Forest Act 1878 (Replaced 1865 Act)
• Forest Act 1927 (re-enact 1878)

7. Chapter 2
Reserved Forest
• free from rights and concessions
• all acts are prohibited unless permitted specifically
by the government through notifications.
• From 3 upto 27 section involve.

8. Sections
3. Powers to reserve forest
4. Notification by Government
6. Proclamation by Forest Settlement-officer

9. Sections
7. Inquiry by Forest Settlement-officer
8. Powers of Forest Settlement-officer

10. Chapter 3
Villgae Forest
• Allowed to stay on in the reserved forests on the
condition
• Worked free for the forest department in cutting and
transporting trees, protecting the forest from fires.
• From 44 upto 46 Sections

11. Sections
28. Formation of village forests
28-A. Unclassed forests

12. Chapter 4
Protected Forest
• Also state-owned
• differ from reserved Forest.
From 47 upto 60.

13. Section
29. Protected forests.
30. Power to issue notification reserving trees, etc

14. Section
31. Publication of translation of such notification in
neighborhood
32. Power to make rules for protected forests

15. Chapter 9
Penalties & Procedures
52. Seizure of property liable to confiscation
53. Power to release property
From 52 upto 69 Sections

16. Section
54. Procedure thereupon

17. Chapter 11
Forest Officers

19. Responsibilities
CCF:
• Chief technical advisor to gov.
• Submit consolidated budget and annual forest
administration report
• Posting and transfering of officers of class 1 and class
2 (RFO and SDFO)

20. Responsibilities
CF:
• Full control of forest within circle
• Authority of transfer of RFO and CLARK
• Frequent towers of inspection
• Watch all DFO and others

21. DFO:
• Head of forest division
• Control all silviculture operations
• Submit monthly diary of progress report
SDFO/RFO
• Head of range or subdivision
• Prevent misuse of authority by sub-ordinates

22. Forest Officers / Block Officers:
• Thinning
• Prunning
• Nursery Work

23. Cutting of trees prohibition act, 1992
3. Cutting of trees prohibited.
(1)No person shall, without the prior written approval of the
authorized officer, cut, fell or damage or cause to be cut, felled
or damage any tree growing
(i) In the first zone, if the number of remaining trees in any field
falls short of the number to be calculated at the rate of fifteen
trees per acre: and
(ii)In the second zone, if the number of remaining trees in any field
falls short of the number to be calculated at the rate of ten trees
per acre.

24. 4. Penalty.
whoever contravenes the provisions of this Act shall be
guilty of an offence punishable
(i) With fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, if the
contravention relates to the first zone; and
(ii)With fine whichmay extend to two thousandand five hundred
rupees, if the contravention relates to the second zone

25. The Forest (amendment) Act 2010
(30 Amendments)
• Substitution of the words “Federal Government”
with the word “Government”
• Also “Provincial Government” with “Government”

26. • Insertion of section 28-A in Act XVI of 1927
After section 28, section 28-A have been added
1) Wasteland may be declare unclassed land.
2) All or any provision of this act relating to reserved
forest or protected forest shall apply to an the
unclassed forest
3) Government may make rules for management of an
unclassed forest

27. The Punjab Forest (amendment) Act
2016

28. CHAPTER XII-A
FOREST COMPANY
• 78-A. Forest company.
• 78-B. Procedure for partnership