Section 17
of Sabah Foundation Enactment 1966
Section 17
Notwithstanding any law relating to the preservation of forests or any other law for the time being in force, no land or forest which has been approved, licensed or otherwise reserved for the use and purposes of the Foundation shall be exchanged with any other land or forest nor shall it be excised therefrom or otherwise revoked from being the land or forest approved or licensed to or otherwise reserved for the Foundation:
Provided that it shall be lawful for the State Government to approve any right of way
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through such land or forest or for the Director of Forestry to exercise other powers vested in him under the law relating to the preservation of forest in such land or forest:
Provided further that it shall be lawful for the Board at the request of the State
Government to surrender to the State Government any such land or forest or any part thereof-
(a)
for the purpose of constituting it as a Park under the Parks Enactment 1984
[En. 6/1984.];
(b)
for the purpose of constituting or classifying it as a Class I, Class VI or Class
VII Forest Reserve under the Forest Enactment 1968 [En. 2/1968.] or any other written law;
(c)
from which timber has been extracted, for the purpose of agriculture, reafforestation, commerce or industry; or
(d)
in exchange for any land or forest required by the Foundation for the purpose of consolidating its licensed areas into one contiguous area.
Undue influence.