FOREST FIRES PREVENTION ORDINANCE, 1917

FOREST FIRES PREVENTION ORDINANCE, 1917

No. 5 of 1917.
An Ordinance to make provision for the better protection
of forests, forest reserves, and plantatilons from fire.

[16th March, 1917.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Forest Fires
Prevention Ordinance, 1917.

2. In this Ordinance,
(a) Forest means any area of Crown land thickly
covered with self-grown trees.
(b) Forest reserve means any area of Crown land
reserved for forestry purposes, other than a forest or a
plantation.
(c) Plantation means any area of Crown land which
has been planted with trees or shrubs.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
3. Every person who wilfully or negligently sets fire to
any thing, whether growing or not, in or near any forest,

forest reserve, or plantation, in such a manner as to damage
or endanger any other thing which is growing in any forest,
forest reserve, or plantation, shall upon summary conviction
be, liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

[Originally No. 5 of 1917. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Damaging or endangering forests, etc., by fire.

[Originally No. 5 of 1917. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Damaging or endangering forests, etc., by fire.

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