Section 62. Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary-marks

62. Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary-marks. 63. Power to arrest without warrant. 64. Power to prevent commission of offence. 65. Power to try offences summarily. 66. Operation of other laws not barred. 67. Power to compound offences. 68. Presumption that forest-produce belongs to Government. CHAPTER XI. CATTLE-TRESPASS. 69. Cattle-trespass Act, 1871, to apply. 70. Power to alter fines fixed by that Act. CHAPTER XII. OF FOREST-OFFICERS. 71. Local Government may invest Forest-officers with certain powers. 72. Forest-officers deemed public servants. 73. Indemnity for acts done in good faith. 74. Forest-officers not to trade. CHAPTER XIII. SUBSIDIARY RULES. 75. Additional powers to make rules. 76. Penalties for breach of rules. 77. Rules when to have force of law. CHAPTER XIV. MISCELLANEOUS. 78. Persons bound to assist Forest-officer and Police-officers. 79. Management 54 Forests. [ACT VII SECTIONS. 79. Management of forests the joint property of Government and other persons. 62. Whoever, with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, or to cause wrongful gain as defined in the Indian Penal Code,— (a) knowingly counterfeits upon any timber or standing tree a mark used by Forest-officers to indicate that such timber or tree is the property of the Government or of some person, or that it may lawfully be cut or removed by some person; or (b) alters, defaces or obliterates any such mark placed on a tree or on timber by or under the authority of a Forest-officer; or (c) alters, moves, destroys or defaces any boundary-mark of any forest or waste-land to which the provisions of this Act are applied, Shall 80 Forests. [ACT VII shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. Power to arrest without warrant.