CO129-564-8 Forestry Ordinance- 1937 30-7-1937 - 3-11-1937 — Page 10

L.S.

HONG KONG

No. 11 or 1937.

I assent.

N. L. SMITH,

Officer Administering the Government.

30th July, 1937.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to

forests and plants.

[30th July, 1937.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Forestry Ordin- Short title. ance, 1937.

2. In this Ordinance-

(1) "Forest" means any area of Crown land covered with self-grown trees.

(2) "Plantation" means any area of Crown land which has been planted with trees or shrubs or sown with the seeds of trees or shrubs.

(3) "Forest Officer" includes the Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, every Assistant Super- intendent of the said department, every Supervisor, every Forest Inspector, every Forest Guard, every Forester and every Gardener in the said department.

(4) "Prohibited area" means any area declared to be a prohibited area under this Ordinance.

3.-(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to any of the following matters or for any of the following purposes:-

(a) for protecting trees, shrubs, and other plants from destruction, injury or removal;

(b) for preserving fire-barriers and forestry paths from destruction or injury;

Interpreta-

tion.

Power of Governor in

Council to make re- gulations.

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