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National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998)

Chapter 7 : Offences and Penalties

Part 2 : Offences

61. Offences relating to sustainable forest management

 

Any person who fails to take the steps which he or she has been instructed to take in terms of sections 4(8), 7(5), 8(3), 14(6) and 17(3) within the period or the extended period laid down, is guilty of a fifth category offence.

 

[Section 61 substituted by section 16 of the National Forests Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 1 of 2022), Notice No. 1131, GG46650, dated 1 July 2022 - effective 4 December 2024 per Commencement Proclamation 233 of 2024]