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Forests | 1 January 2002

Act - 1974 - Forest Protection Act - NRCD 243 - and amendments
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Act - 1974 - Forest Protection Act - NRCD 243 - and amendments

The Forests Protection Act provides for the duties and powers of Forest Officers and identifies a number of offences related to Forest reserves.

Amendments

The offences and penalties in this act replace the ones previously included in the Forests Act (1927, CAP 157).

The Forest Protection Act, 1974 (N.R.D.C. 243) has been amended by the Forest Protection (Amendment) Act in 2002 (Act 624) which replaced the Forest offences and the offences related to marks.