Section 20B
of Forest Rules 1969 Reprinted 1995
Section 20B
No person or any holder of a licence or licence agreement shall use any tractor, truck or other vehicle in the extraction or removal of timber or for any purpose directly connected therewith in a Forest Reserve or State land unless such tractor, truck or other vehicle has been registered by the Chief Conservator or any forest officer authorised by him in that behalf.
(2)
No tractor, truck or other vehicle shall be registered –
(a)
which is not in the opinion of the Chief Conservator in all respects fit for the extraction or removal of timber or purposes directly connected therewith;
(b)
except upon payment of the appropriate fee set out in Part E Schedule II:
Provided that no fee shall be payable upon the registration of any tractor, truck or other vehicle which is the property of the Government.
Upon registration of any tractor, truck or other vehicle, the owner shall be issued a registration card substantially in the form as specified in Form XI by the Chief Conservator or any forest officer authorised by him in that behalf.
The tractor, truck or any other vehicle registered under the provision of this Rule shall carry a number plate of such size and description to be exhibited in such manner as the
Chief Conservator may require.
Any transfer of ownership of any tractor, truck or other vehicle registered under the provision of this Rule shall be notified to the Chief Conservator by the transferor.
The Chief Conservator may for reasons of soil conservation or for any other reasons that the Minister may approve regulate the manner in which any tractor, truck or other vehicle directly connected with the extraction or removal of timber in a Forest Reserve or State land is to be used and maintained.
(7)
The Chief Conservator may for reasons of soil conservation or for any other reasons that the Minister may approve, specify or limit the number of tractors, trucks, or other vehicles to be used or operated in a licensed area of the Forest Reserve or State land and no such tractor, truck or other vehicle shall be removed from such licensed area or moved to another licensed area without the written consent of the Chief Conservator or any forest officer authorised by him in that behalf.
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(8)
Except with the permission in writing from the Chief Conservator, no new tractor, truck or other vehicle to be used in the extraction or removal of timber in a Forest
Reserve or on State land shall be purchased by any person, or any holder of a licence or licence agreement.
(9)
(1)
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Rule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for twelve months and a fine of two thousand ringgit.
(2)
No person shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Rule without the written consent of the Attorney-General.