The Assam Forest (Amendment) Act, 1943

ASSAM ACT II OF 1943 THE ASSAM FOREST (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1943. [Passed by the Assam Legislature] ( 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 Assam Forest Regulation, 1891, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted as follows :— Short title. j (j) This ^ c t 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. 2. After sub-section (2) of section 60 of the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 (hereinafter (4) referred to as the said Regulation), the following Regulation VII of 1891. Insertion of new sections and v - ■ - to section 60 sub-sections shall be inserted, namely :— 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 S S X ° ' ' ' P ' * d - VII of 1891. Regulation VII 189) of [Price 1 anna or it/ .] A. G. P. (L.C.) No. 14-500+500—31-5-1943. scan0001