(continued)
Sl. No
State
Rules and other
• Under this Rule exemption of small quantities of
sandalwood (up to 5 Kgs) carried by a bonafide
traveller for their own use and also allows the landlord
to cut and carry the sandalwood grown on patta lands
for his own bonafide personal use with proper
certificate from the village munsif
• The Tamil Nadu Sandalwood Trees on Patta Land
Rules 2008 allows cultivation and the ownership of
the patta land owner to produce the relevant
documents and sell the same to the forest department
and get 80 % of the sale price
• This is the latest notification by Government of Tamil
nadu encouraging the private land owner to take up
cultivation of sandalwood in their private land
3
Kerala
• The Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment)
Act 1971
• The Kerala Restriction on cutting and destruction of
valuable Trees Rules 1974. Wherein permission for
cutting or/and destruction of valuable trees shall be
obtained from the authorized authority of the
department
• The Kerala Preservation of Trees Act 1986 is
applicable to private forest
• The Kerala promotion of Tree Growth in Non-Forest
Area (Amendment) Act 2007
• Under this amended act every owner of non-forest land
in a non-notified area shall have Right to cut and
Transport any tree except sandal wood tree standing
on his land. No tree standing in any area of non-forest
land specified in the notification shall be cut
4
Puducherry/Pondicherry
• Pondicherry Timber Transit Rules 1983
• Issue of permit for the transportation of timber and
registration is to DFO
• Teak, Rosewood, Sandalwood and Red Sanders are
protected wood and such species cannot be kept in
possession or transported by any individual/farm
without special permit
5
Andhra Pradesh
• The Andhra Pradesh Sandalwood Possession Rules
1969
• The Andhra Pradesh Sandalwood and Red sanders
wood Transit Rules 1969
• Under these rules no person shall have in his
possession any quantity of sandalwood in excess of
ten Kgs, except under a licence granted by the District
Forest Officer
• The Andhra Pradesh Forest Produce Transit Rules,
1970 is applicable
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M. Srinivasa Rao et al.
Sl. No
State
Rules and other
• Under this Rule exemption of small quantities of
sandalwood (up to 5 Kgs) carried by a bonafide
traveller for their own use and also allows the landlord
to cut and carry the sandalwood grown on patta lands
for his own bonafide personal use with proper
certificate from the village munsif
• The Tamil Nadu Sandalwood Trees on Patta Land
Rules 2008 allows cultivation and the ownership of
the patta land owner to produce the relevant
documents and sell the same to the forest department
and get 80 % of the sale price
• This is the latest notification by Government of Tamil
nadu encouraging the private land owner to take up
cultivation of sandalwood in their private land
3
Kerala
• The Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment)
Act 1971
• The Kerala Restriction on cutting and destruction of
valuable Trees Rules 1974. Wherein permission for
cutting or/and destruction of valuable trees shall be
obtained from the authorized authority of the
department
• The Kerala Preservation of Trees Act 1986 is
applicable to private forest
• The Kerala promotion of Tree Growth in Non-Forest
Area (Amendment) Act 2007
• Under this amended act every owner of non-forest land
in a non-notified area shall have Right to cut and
Transport any tree except sandal wood tree standing
on his land. No tree standing in any area of non-forest
land specified in the notification shall be cut
4
Puducherry/Pondicherry
• Pondicherry Timber Transit Rules 1983
• Issue of permit for the transportation of timber and
registration is to DFO
• Teak, Rosewood, Sandalwood and Red Sanders are
protected wood and such species cannot be kept in
possession or transported by any individual/farm
without special permit
5
Andhra Pradesh
• The Andhra Pradesh Sandalwood Possession Rules
1969
• The Andhra Pradesh Sandalwood and Red sanders
wood Transit Rules 1969
• Under these rules no person shall have in his
possession any quantity of sandalwood in excess of
ten Kgs, except under a licence granted by the District
Forest Officer
• The Andhra Pradesh Forest Produce Transit Rules,
1970 is applicable
(continued)
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M. Srinivasa Rao et al.