Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986

No: 35 Dated: Dec, 01 1986

Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986

(Act 35 of 1986)

An Act to provide for the preservation of trees in the State of Kerala.

    Preamble. - Whereas there has been indiscriminate felling and destruction of trees,in the State of Kerala resulting in considerable soil erosion and destruction and loss of the timber wealth of the State;

    And Whereas with a view to prevent soil erosion and destruction and less of the Timber wealth in the State, it is necessary to regulate the felling and destruction of trees in the State;

Be it enacted in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

(3) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th day of June, 1983.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "appellate authority" means an appellate authority appointed under sub-section (2) of section 3;

(b) "authorised officer" means an officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 3; *

(c) "owner" in relation to any land, includes a mortgagee, lessee or other person having right to possession and enjoyment of that land;

(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(e) "tree" means any of the following species of trees, namely:-

Sandalwood (Santalum album'), Teak (Tectona grandis), Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia), Irul (Xylia Xylocarpa), Thempavu (Ter-niinaha tcmantosa), Ki-mpakam (Hopea parviflora), Chempakam (Mechelia ehempaca), Chadachi (Grewia tiliaefolia), Chandana vempu (Cedrela toona), Cheeni (Tetrameles nudifiora).