Section 4
of Forest Rules 1969 Reprinted 1995
Section 4
Before the issue of a licence in Form I, the applicant shall deposit with the District
Forest Officer such sum of money or guarantee from such bank as the Chief Conservator may approve as security for the fulfilment of the terms of the licence as the District Forest
Officer may require not exceeding the estimated royalty if any, and fees for three months, and such officer may at any subsequent time during the currency of the licence require the deposit of such further sums as he may deem necessary. Failure to deposit such further sum will render the licence liable to cancellation.
(2)
On default being made in the payment at the prescribed time of any money due as royalty or otherwise in respect of such licence, the District Forest Officer may
“sawmill” means any machine or collection of machines used for the mechanical processing of timber in any form, and includes any veneer, plywood or other mill, but excludes power operated chainsaws used for cross-cutting timber and wood working machinery used for processing sawn timber;
“Schedule” means a schedule to these Rules;
“shifting cultivation” means the successive occupation of different pieces of State land in such manner that any one piece is cultivated for not more than two years withdraw from the sum or sums deposited as aforesaid and credit to forest revenue the sum so due, and may prohibit the cutting or removal of forest produce under the said licence until an equivalent sum together with such further sum as the District Forest Officer may require has been deposited. For the purposes of this rule all sums of money deposited in the name of a licensee shall be deemed to have been deposited in respect of each and all licences held by him.
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(3)
A licence may be cancelled at any time by the Chief Conservator for breach of or non-compliance with any of its conditions and in the event of such cancellation the licensee shall have no claim to the return of any money paid or deposited with the
Government, nor to any damages on account of such cancellation, nor to any forest produce removed within the area covered by such licence, and the ownership of any forest produce so remaining shall vest in the Government free from all encumbrances.