Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023

No: 15 Dated: Aug, 04 2023

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023

An Act further to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be called the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023.

    (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. In the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after the long title and before the enacting formula, the following preamble shall be inserted, namely:-