Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975
Bare Act · 1975
- Act number
- 44 of 1975
- Enacted
- 16 September 1975
- Contents
- 25 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Establishment of Tree Authority
- Section 4 – Meetings of Tree Authority
- Section 5 – Appointment of Tree Officer
- Section 6 – Appointment of other officers and servants (preview)
- Section 6A – Duties of Maharashtra State Tree Authority (preview)
- Section 7 – Duties of Tree Authority (preview)
- Section 8 – Restrictions on felling of trees (preview)
- Section 9 – Power to require planting of adequate number of trees (preview)
- Section 10 – Power to require planting of a tree in place of fallen or destroyed tree (preview)
- Section 11 – Responsibility for preservation of trees and power to take deposit for proper compliance (preview)
- Section 12 – Adoption of trees (preview)
- Section 13 – Forfeiture of deposit and recovery of expenditure on failure to comply with orders for planting trees (preview)
- Section 14 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 15 – Fund of Tree Authority (preview)
- Section 16 – Budget (preview)
- Section 17 – Accounts and audit (preview)
- Section 18 – Levy and collection of Tree cess (preview)
- Section 19 – Permission for development of land to be given with approval of Tree Officer (preview)
- Section 20 – Power of Tree Authority to give directions (preview)
- Section 20A – Prevention of felling or destruction of trees (preview)
- Section 20B – Power of entry for the purposes of this Act (preview)
- Section 21 – Offence and penalty (preview)
- Section 22 – Power to make rules (preview)