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| (1) No person shall in a village forest-
| | (a) poison water, or injure by fire or otherwise any tree enumerated in Schedule I, or | | |
| | (b) in contravention of any regulation made by the Minister1 under subsection (2), pasture cattle, or cut, mark, lop, girdle, saw, convert, or remove any tree enumerated in Schedule I. | | |
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| (2) The Minister1 may by regulation prescribe the officers who shall be authorized to grant permission to any person in a village forest to do any act mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), and the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which such permission may be granted by such officers or any such act may be done. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts