ACT 28
OF 2003
THE KERALA PRESERVATION OF TREES
(AMENDMENT)
ACT, 2003 [1]
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An Act further to amend the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986
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| Preamble.--WHEREAS
it is expedient to amend the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act,
1986, for the purpose hereinafter appearing; |
| BE
it enacted in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India
as follows:-- |
| 1.
Short title and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called the
Kerala Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Act, 2003. |
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(2) It shall come into force at once. |
| 2.
Amendment of section 4.--In section 4 of the Kerala Preservation
of Trees Act, 1986 (35 of 1986), after sub-section (5), the
following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-- |
| "(6) Notwithstanding anything contained
in this section or in any judgement, decree or order of any
court, the owner of any land shall have the right to cut or
cause to be cut any tree, other than a tree as defined in clause
(e) of section 2, standing on such land, without obtaining
a permission under this section.". |