Section 15
of Forest Rules 1969 Reprinted 1995
Section 15
All timber and any other forest produce lawfully cut or collected, which is liable to royalty on measurement basis, if measured in any place other than the area from which it was removed shall, if required by the Chief Conservator, be accompanied by a transit pass in Form VII or a Disposal Permit in Forms IV, V, VI or X and taken to the nearest, or any other checking station, and shall not thereafter be removed thence nor moved past any other checking station or further despatched unless it be accompanied by written authority issued by any authorised officer or unless it bears, if it be timber, a Government hammer mark indicating that it has been assessed for royalty and other charges to which it may be liable. All timber and any other forest produce measured in the area from which signature, and in relation to any other case, a period of sixty days commencing from the date when the royalty bills shall for the first time fall due;
“royalty bills” means, notice of demand for payment of timber royalty, premia, extraction charges, fees, cess or other dues and includes any dues set out in any agreement entered into before or after signing of such agreement; and it has been cut shall on its removal after measurement be accompanied by the
Government mark heretofore mentioned.
(2)
The Chief Conservator may, at his discretion, exempt any forest produce from all or any of the provisions of this rule.
(3)
The District Forest Officer may exempt from all or any of the provisions of this rule any forest produce on which he is satisfied that royalty has previously been paid
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while such forest produce is in transit between a seller and buyer in the ordinary course of trade.
(4)
Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this rule shall be guilty of an offence.