The Assam Forest (Amendment) Act, 1943
( Received the-assent cf the Governor on the 30th March 1943 ).

[Published in the _Assam Gazette of the 7th April 1943]_

_An Act further to amend the Assam Forest Regulation,_

_1891_

Preamble. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Regulation

Assam Forest Regulation, 1891, for the purposes VII of

1891.

hereinafter appearing ;

It is hereby enacted as follows :—

Short title. j (j) This ^ct may be called the Assam

Forest (Amendment) Act, 1943.

(2) It shall apply to the whole of the territories

to which the Regulation now applies and shall
come into force at once.

Insertion of 2. After sub-section (2) of section 60 of the Regulation
new Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 (hereinafter VII _of_
sections
and to section v(4) referred to as the said Regulation), the following60 sub-sections shall be inserted, namely :— -                  -                  - 189)

of Regula-

1891 [V I1] °[f] “ (3) [A n] y Forest Officer or Police Officer who

vexatiously or maliciously arrests any person on
the pretence that he is suspected of having been
concerned in any forest offence or otherwise as
provided by section 60(1) of this Regulation shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to six months, or with fine which
may extend to five hundred rupees, or with
both.

(4) No Forest Officer or Police Officer shall

detain in custody a person arrested under sub­
section (1) of this section for a longer period than
under all the circumstances of the case is reason­
able ; and such period shall not exceed twenty-
four hours exclusive of the time necessary for
the journey from the place of arrest to the

Magistrate’s Court having jurisdiction in the case,
or to the Officer in charge of the nearest police
station.”

Repeal of 3. Section 63 of the said Regulation is hereby

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VII of 1891.

_[Price 1 anna or it/.]_

A. G. P. (L.C.) No. 14-500+500—31-5-1943.


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