Section 2

“round timber for processing” means any round timber which the Chief Conservator is satisfied will be processed in any sawmill or veneer, plywood or other mill established in Sabah;

In these Rules –

“breast-height” means one hundred and forty centimetres from the ground;

“converted timber” means wood which has been cut, sawn, hewn, split, shaped or fashioned from round timber or poles into pieces intended for any purpose other than as fuel;

“form” means a form in Schedule III;

“landings” means a temporary storage area for logs within any Forest Reserve area licensed or otherwise prior to their transportation by land or water;

“licensed area’” means any area in a Forest Reserve or State land licensed under section 15 or section 24 of the Forest Enactment;

“pole” means any section cut from a tree and having a diameter at breast-height of less than thirty centimetres at its larger end, which has not been further prepared for use other than by removal of bark and projecting branches, and which is not intended to be further processed in any way;

“round timber” means any section cut from a tree which has not been prepared for use other than by the removal of bark and branches and either rough squaring or longitudinal division into not more than four pieces to facilitate transport or conversion;

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and is then abandoned;

“Vehicle” means any tractor, skidder, truck, log loader, excavator, grader, dump

Lorry, locomotive or any other conveyance or machinery the Chief Conservator deems appropriate.