Land Conservation Act (No. 3 of 1960).

The text consist of 26 sections divided into 4 Parts: Introductory (I); Control of Hill Land (II); Control of Silt and Erosion (III); General (IV).
The Governor of a State may declare any area to be hill land for purposes of this Act. Such an area shall be registered and various activities within hill land are prohibited or restricted. Cultivation of short term crops is prohibited and other cultivation restricted. Hill land may be cleared with permission of the Collector as defined in section 2, for purpose of cultivation and for purposes of fighting weeds. The Governor may acquire hill land for purposes of preventing soil erosion. Owners of land on which the danger of landslides exists shall comply with notices served by the Controller on them requiring them to undertake prohibiting to under take a certain Act. Owners may be required to show case and if they fail to do so the Controller may issue an order prohibiting destruction of trees, etc. Owners of land shall maintain dams, drainage, watercourses, etc. on their land.