Section 5
Section 5
Without prejudice to the power to constitute any Forest Reserve by any Enactment, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may, in manner hereinafter provided, constitute any State land, other than land reserved for a public or special purpose under any written law, to be a Forest Reserve of specific class of one or more of the following Classes:
(a)
Class I
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Protection Forest - Maintenance of forest essential on climatic or physical grounds;
(b)
Class II
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Commercial Forest - For supply of timber and other produce to meet the general demands of trade;
(c)
Class III
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Domestic Forest - For supply of timber and other produce for local consumption;
(d)
Class IV
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Amenity Forest - For local amenity and aboretum work;
(e)
Class V
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Mangrove Forest - For supply of mangrove timber or other produce to meet the general demands of trade and for eco-tourism activities;
(f)
Class VI
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Virgin Jungle Reserve - For forest research purpose; and
(g)
Class VII -
Wildlife Reserve - For protection of wildlife:
Provided that the Yang di-Pertua Negeri may by notice published in the Gazette classify into one of the specified Classes any existing Forest Reserve, or any specified part or portion thereof, which has not been so classified.
Power to declare protected areas.