Azad Jammu and Kashmir Land Preservation Act, 1954 (Council Order No. 319/54).

This Act aims to provide for a better preservation and protection of certain portions of the territories of Azad Kashmir. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government may provide for the conservation of subsoil water and the prevention of erosion in any area subject to erosion or likely to become liable to erosion. It may regulate, restrict or prohibit the following issues: (a) clearing or breaking up or cultivating of land not ordinarily under cultivation; (b) quarrying of stone or burning of lime; (c) cutting of trees or timber, or collection, removal or subjection to any manufacturing process of any forestry product other than agricultural purposes; (d) setting on fire of trees, timber or forestry products; (e) admission, hoarding, pasturing or retention of sheep, goats or camels; (f) examination of forestry products passing out of such area; and (g) granting permits to the inhabitants of towns and villages situated in the vicinity of any selected area, to take trees or forestry products for their own use, or to pasture sheep, goats or camels.
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government may take measures in the bed of any KAS for the purpose of: (a) regulating the flow of water within and preventing the widening or extension of such bed; (b) reclaiming or protecting any land situate within the limits of such beds. The Government may specify the nature and extent of the measures to be taken including place and time in which such measures will be taken, requiring all people possessing ownership or occupancy rights in land situated in these places to carry out the measures specified accordingly.