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National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998)Chapter 7 : Offences and PenaltiesPart 2 : Offences62. Offences relating to protection of forests and trees |
| (1) | Any person who contravenes the prohibition of certain acts in relation to trees, indigenous vegetation or any other forest product in natural forests referred to in section 7(1) is guilty of a first category offence. |
[Section 62(1) substituted by section 17(a) 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]
| (2) | Any person who contravenes— |
| (a) | the prohibition on the cutting, disturbance, damage or destruction of forest produce in or the removal or receipt of forest produce from a protected area referred to in section 10(1) is guilty of a second category offence; |
| (b) | the rules referred to in section 11(2)(b), is guilty of a third category offence; |
| (c) | the prohibition on— |
| (i) | the cutting, disturbance, damage or destruction of temporarily protected trees or groups of trees referred to in section 14(2) or protected trees referred to in section 15(1)(a); or |
| (ii) | the possession, collection, removal, transport, export, purchase or sale of temporarily protected trees or groups of trees referred to in section 14(2) or protected trees referred to in section 15(1)(b), or any forest product derived from a temporarily protected tree, group of trees or protected tree, |
is guilty of a first category offence.
| (3) | Any person who contravenes a prohibition or any other provision in a notice declaring a controlled forest area under section 17(3) and (4) is guilty of a first category offence. |
[Section 62(3) substituted by section 17(b) 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]
