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Section 15

Power of investigation

of Forest Timber Enactment 2015

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 15 of 52
Section 15

(1)

An enforcement officer may investigate the commission of any offence under this Enactment.

(2)

For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that for the purposes of this

Enactment, the enforcement officer shall have all or any of the powers of a police officer of whatever rank in relation to police investigations in seizable cases as provided under the

Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593], and such powers shall be in addition to the powers provided for under this Enactment and not in derogation thereof.