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Forests Law (No. 13 of 1966) - Sect 61

Power of Minister to invest forest officer with certain powers

59.
(1) The Minister may invest any forest officer by name or as holding an office with the following powers, that is to say : -
(a) the powers of a commission appointed under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents ;
(b) power to issue search warrants under the Criminal Procedure Code ;
(c) power to hold inquiries into forest offences, and in the course of such inquiries to receive and record evidence;
(d) power to notify seasons and manner in which fire may be kindled, kept, or carried in a reserved forest;
(e) power to grant any permission referred to in sections 8, 13, 19, 24, 30, or 69 ;
(f) power to give public notice of timber collected under section 30 ;
(g) power to take possession of property under this Ordinance ;
(h) power to direct the release of property or withdrawal of charges ;
(i) power to accept compensation for forest offences,
(2) Any evidence recorded under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall be admissible in any subsequent trial before a Magistrate of the alleged offender: Provided that it has been taken in the presence of the accused person, and recorded in the manner provided by law.

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