Section 26 of IFA – Section 26: Acts Prohibited In Such Forests |

The Indian Forest Act, 1927

CHAPTER II: OF RESERVED FORESTS

Section 26: Acts Prohibited In Such Forests

(1) Any person who -

(a) makes any fresh clearing prohibited by section 5, or
(b) sets fire to a reserved forest, or, in contravention of any rules made by the State Government in this behalf, kindles any fire, or leaves any fire burning, in such manner as to endanger such a forest; or who, in a reserved forest -
(c) kindles, keeps or carries any fire except at such seasons as the Forest - officer may notify in this behalf;
(d) trespasses or pastures cattle, or permits cattle to trespass;
(e) causes any damage by negligence in felling any tree or cutting or dragging any timber;
(f) fells, girdles, lops, taps or burns any tree or strips off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages, the same;
(g) quarries stone, burns lime or charcoal, or collects, subjects to any manufacturing process, or removes, any forest - produce;
(h) clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or any other purpose;
(i) in contravention of any rules made in this behalf by the State Government hunts, shoots, fishes, poisons water or sets traps or snares; or
(j) in any area in which the Elephants' Preservation Act, 1879 (6 of 1879), is not in

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Imagine a scenario where a local farmer named Arjun enters a reserved forest area to collect firewood without permission. He decides to clear some land to cultivate crops. While doing so

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Section 26 of IFA : Section 26: Acts Prohibited In Such Forests

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