Section 4 — Penalty for felling trees in contravention of section 3

Any person who, [without permission being granted or deemed to have been granted] to fell any tree, fells any such tree or causes it to be felled, shall be liable to such penalty not exceeding one thousand rupees as the [Tree Officer] empowered under section 3 may, after holding an enquiry and giving such person an opportunity of being heard, deem fit to impose; and the [Tree Officer] may further order that any such tree so felled (which is not the property of Government) shall be forfeited to the State Government [along with the tools, boats, vehicles or other conveyances used in felling and removing any such tree.]