Forest (Removal and Storage of Forest Produce) Regulation Act, 2000 (Assam Act No. XII of 2000).

This Act, consisting of 22 sections aims at regulating and controlling the forestry products outside the State of Assam. In particular, it establishes that no person shall remove or cause to be removed from the State for the purpose of trade any forestry products to any other place outside the State, and no trading depot for any forestry products shall be set up or established in the State without a licence issued therefor by the competent authority. Every application for granting a licence shall be made to the competent authority in form and on payment of such fee as prescribed in the text.