Forest Act (B.E. 2484).

This Act provides for the control and management of State forests by regulating the logging and collection of forest products, and timber and forest product transportation.
The Act determines two categories (Type A General Restriction and Type B Strict Restriction) of restricted timber and shall determine royalty rates based upon the size, kind, and volume of the timber. The logging of restricted timber Type B shall be authorized by the Minister who may grant a licence as provided for in the text. A forest product in any local area may be deemed a prohibited forest product through prescription in a Royal Decree. For the collection of prohibited forest products, the permission the competent official must be received and royalties must be paid in addition to complying with the requirements, as per the Ministerial Regulation or permission. In giving permission, the competent official, after receiving approval from the Minister, may give permission for the monopoly by having the permitted person pay the monopoly fee to the government, as per the amount prescribed by the Minister.
Any individual who transports timber or forest product shall possess a transportation certificate. The Minister shall also designate transformed timber control areas in which it shall be prohibited to transform timber, establish transformed timber factories and transformed timber trading places, or possess transformed teak unless in possession of a licence. Penal provisions and provisions of miscellaneous nature are contained in the text. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall be responsible for the enforcement of this Act. The Act further repeals various Acts and Regulations as specified in Article 3.