Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsProtection of reserved trees
| 19. No person shall, or shall cause any other person to, cut, mark, lop, girdle, tap, or injure, by fire or otherwise, any reserved tree in any forest, except as provided by rules made by the Minister1 in this behalf, or unless with the permission in writing of a forest officer empowered by the Minister1 to grant such permission. |