Section 3. Power to reserve forests

CHAPTER II OF RESERVED FORESTS 3. Power to reserve forests. —The[3] [State Government] may constitute any forest-land or waste-land which is the property of Government, or over which the Government has proprietary rights, or to the whole or any part of the forest-produce of which the Government is entitled, a reserved forest in the manner hereinafter provided. 3. This Act has beed declared to be in force in the Khondmals District by the Khondmals laws regulations, 1936 (4 of 1936), s. 3 and the Schedule.; and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), and the Schedule. This Act has been extended in its application to:— (1) Berar (partially) by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941); (2) The Province of Coorg, see Coorg Gazette, 1930, Pt. I, p. 94; (3) The Delhi Province see Gazette of India, 1933, Pt. II-A, p. 293; (4) The whole of Madhya Pradesh by Madhya Pradesh Act 23 of 1958 (when notified); (5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.t. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule; (6) Pondicherry on 1-10-1963: vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and the First Schedule; (7) Goa, Darnan and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and the Schedule; and (8) the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep (w.e.f. 1-10-1967): vide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule. The Act has been repealed in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955. 4. The words "the G.G. in C. or" rep. by the A.O. 1937. 5. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government". (3) "forest-offence" means an offence punishable under this Act or under any rule made thereunder; (4) "forest-produce" includes— (a) the following whether found in, or brought from, a forest or not, that is to say:— timber, charcoal, caoutchouc, catechu, wood-oil, resin, natural varnish, bark, lac, mahua flowers, mahua seeds[1] [ , kuth] and myrabolams, and (b) the following when found in, or brought from, a forest, that is to say:— (i) trees and leaves, flowers and fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbefore mentioned, of trees, (ii) plants not being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss), and all parts or produce of such plants, (iii) wild animals and skins, tusks, horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax, and all other parts or produce of animals, and (iv) peat, surface soil, rock, and minerals (including limestone, laterite, mineral oils, and all products of mines or quarries); 2[(4A) "owner" includes a Court of Wards in respect of property under the superintendence or charge of such Court;] (5) "river" includes any stream, canal, creek or other channels, natural or artifical; (6) "timber" includes trees when they have fallen or have been felled, and all wood whether cut up or fashioned or hollowed out for any purpose or not; and (7) "tree" includes palms, bamboos, stumps, brush-wood and canes.