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Source transcription retained verbatim; legal completeness, OCR accuracy and current consolidation unverified.", "text_sha256": "b1396d4a4a7457efd3b2cde81716069467f3a6c19f22749eaf329d17f67df5c5", "source_sha256": "b1396d4a4a7457efd3b2cde81716069467f3a6c19f22749eaf329d17f67df5c5", "text_version_id": "law:punjab-code-0eb4cb378e992c0a:sha256:b1396d4a4a7457efd3b2cde81716069467f3a6c19f22749eaf329d17f67df5c5", "quality_flags": [], "encoding": "UTF-8", "text": "THE PUNJAB PLANTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF \r\nTREES ACT, 1974 \r\n(VI of 1974) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Plantation of trees \r\n4. Penalty \r\n5. Rules \r\n6. Savings \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB PLANTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TREES ACT, 1974 \r\n(V of 1974) \r\n[25th April, 1974] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for plantation and maintenance of trees in the Province of the Punjab. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient in the public interest to provide for plantation \r\nof more trees and maintenance thereof in the Province of the Punjab; \r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, ext ent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the \r\nPunjab Plantation and Maintenance of Trees Act, 1974. \r\n(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless the context othe rwise requires, the following \r\nexpressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them that is to \r\nsay– \r\n(a) “Department” means the Forestry and Wildlife Department , \r\nGovernment of the Punjab; \r\n(b) “Government” means the Government for the Punjab; \r\n(c) “land” means which is not occupied as the site of any building in a town \r\nor village or has been le t for agricultural purposes or for purposes \r\nsubservient to agriculture or for pasture , and includes the site of \r\nbuildings and other structures on such land; \r\n(d) “occupier” means a person in actual physical possession of the land \r\nand shall also include an owner; and \r\n(e) “prescribe” means prescribed by rules. \r\n3. Plantation of trees .– (1) There shall be planted and maintained three trees \r\nper acre by the occupier thereof in such manner as may be prescribed. \r\n(2) In case the occupier fails to comply with the requirements of sub -\r\nsection (1) the required number of trees shall be caused to be planted in his land by \r\nthe Department without any let or hindrance by him. The occupier shall be \r\nresponsible for the maintenance of the trees so planted. \r\nExplanation.– For the purpose of this section,– \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 10th April, 1974; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 25th April, \r\n1974; and, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 25th April, 1974, pages 539-A to 539-C. \r\n(i) trees already planted and maintained in orchards or otherwise or trees \r\nthat may be planted and maintained in orchards shal l be taken into \r\naccount; and \r\n(ii) trees required to be planted and maintained may be planted and \r\nmaintained in compact block or otherwise in his holding. \r\n4. Penalty.– (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 3 shall \r\nbe liable to pay the penalty , not exceeding rupee one per tree, after giving an \r\nopportunity to the person concerned of being heard, by an office authorized in this \r\nbehalf by the Government. \r\n(2) The fine imposed under this section shall be recoverable as arrears of \r\nland revenue. \r\n5. Rules.– (1) Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. \r\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power, such rules \r\nmay provide for all or any of the following matters:– \r\n(a) the manner in which trees may be planted and maintained; \r\n(b) kind of trees to be planted in different areas and the period within which \r\nthe trees are to be planted; and \r\n(c) the procedure for maintaining the record of trees. \r\n6. Savings.– Government may be notification in the official Gazette, exempt any \r\nland or classes of land, or any occupier or class of occupiers from the operation of \r\nthis Act.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-0eb4cb378e992c0a:sha256:b1396d4a4a7457efd3b2cde81716069467f3a6c19f22749eaf329d17f67df5c5:chars-0-1751:f78f72d270d932c2f6f0b29240b8a273d304e3a1d8a63af7d29953b4d0396bf6", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1751, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1783, "passage_sha256": "f78f72d270d932c2f6f0b29240b8a273d304e3a1d8a63af7d29953b4d0396bf6", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1751-f78f72d270d932c2" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-0eb4cb378e992c0a:sha256:b1396d4a4a7457efd3b2cde81716069467f3a6c19f22749eaf329d17f67df5c5:chars-1751-3508:37ee8b445e630ab562fc7f8b5345eba4e251cb09c040f4cf53656afb00a6b36b", "character_start": 1751, "character_end": 3508, "utf8_byte_start": 1783, "utf8_byte_end": 3550, "passage_sha256": "37ee8b445e630ab562fc7f8b5345eba4e251cb09c040f4cf53656afb00a6b36b", "reader_fragment": "p-1751-3508-37ee8b445e630ab5" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-0eb4cb378e992c0a:sha256:b1396d4a4a7457efd3b2cde81716069467f3a6c19f22749eaf329d17f67df5c5:chars-3508-3686:897975572b372e44ef890e6ff7d059a52e1d22c2cde4a395ac4a841e8070783e", "character_start": 3508, "character_end": 3686, "utf8_byte_start": 3550, "utf8_byte_end": 3730, "passage_sha256": "897975572b372e44ef890e6ff7d059a52e1d22c2cde4a395ac4a841e8070783e", "reader_fragment": "p-3508-3686-897975572b372e44" } ] }