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Forest (Amendment) Enactment 1992 (No. 1 of 1992).

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Abstract
The amendments to the Forest Enactment 1968 consist, inter alia, in the following:(a) insertion of a new Part I A, regarding the establishment of the Forest Rehabilitation Fund, which shall be used for the (I) preparation and reviewing of forest management plans; (ii) preparation, implementation and reviewing of reforestation plans; (iii) preparation and implementation of programmes relating to amenity forests; (b) insertion of a new paragraph to section 5, which reads: "(g) Class VII - Wildlife Reserve - For protection of wildlife:"; (c) insertion of section 5A, on the power of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri to declare any area in a Forest Reserve to be a protected area; (d) amendment of section 24 on the issuance of licences; (e) insertion of sections 24B, 24C and 24D regarding stumpage sales, fees and royalties and cancellation and suspension of licences, respectively; (f) insertion of Part III A bearing the title "Forest Management and Development"; (g) amendment of several sections concerning offences and the power of the Director to prosecute and institute legal action.
Long title of text
An Enactment to amend the Forest Enactment 1968.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
On such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint (sec. 1(1)).
Notes
Section 23 of the present Enactment amends the Title of the Forest (Amendment) Enactment 1984 (a) by substituting for the long title the following: "An Enactment to consitute Forest Reserves and to amend the Forest Enactment 1968; and (b) by inserting immediately before the word "Amendment" in section 1 the words "Constitution of Forest Reserves and".
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Warta Kerajaan No. 1, 7 May 1992, pp. 16-28.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No