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Assaulting

or resisting

Forestry.

20. Any person who assaults or resists or obstructs

or obstructing any forest officer in the execution of his duty shall be guilty

of an offence against this Ordinance.

forest officer.

Acts prohibited in forests etc.

Penalties and forfeiture.

21. Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, in any forest, plantation or prohibited area-

(a) cuts grass, removes turf or earth, rakes pine

needles;

(b) fells or lops any tree or strips off the bark or leaves

from or otherwise damages the same;

(c) trespasses or pastures cattle or permits cattle to

trespass;

(d) damages any notice, fence, fire-barrier or forestry

path,

shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

22. (1) Any person who contravenes any of the 5 of 1948, s.7. provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.

(2) It shall be lawful for a magistrate to forfeit any severed tree or plant or portion of a tree or plant with regard to which any contravention of any such provision or regula- tion or of any enactment specified in the Schedule shall have been committed.

Ordinance.

SCHEDULE,

Short title.

[s. 17.]

Sections, etc.

Cap. 210.

Larceny Ordinance.

Cap. 211.

Cap. 228.

Malicious Damage Ordin-

ance.

Summary Offences Ordin-

ance.

S. 16 (2); s. 17;

s. 18; S. 19; S. 20 and s. 21.

S. 16; S. 17 and

s. 18.

S. 3 (31); s. 7 (b)

and s. 8.

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