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Section 1. Section twenty-seven hundred and fifty-one of the Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and fourteen, is further amended to read as follows: "Section 2751. Unlawful occupation
or destruction of public forest. — Without written permission of the
Director of Forestry or his duly authorized representative, it shall be
unlawful for any person willfully to enter upon any public forest,
proclaimed timberland, communal forest, communal pasture, and forest
reserve and occupy same, or to make caingin therein or in any manner
destroy such forest or part thereof, or to cause any damage to the
timber stand and other forest products and forest growth found therein,
or to assist, aid or abet any other person so to do. It shall also be
unlawful for any person negligently to permit a fire which has been set
upon his own premises to be communicated, with destructive results, to
any of the public forests hereinabove described. Any person violating
this section shall suffer. "(a) "In all cases falling under this
section, the court shall upon conviction, order the eviction of the
offender from the land, and the forfeiture to the Government of any
construction or improvement made thereon. If the area is reforested or
under reforestation the Government may, in addition to the penalties
herein provided, recover in a separate civil action, double the actual
damages sustained as determined by the value of plantings and
improvements destroyed and the detriment to the land and vegetation
thereof. Section 2. |
Since 19.07.98.