NF Act 60Chapter VIII · Penalties and Procedure

Section 60 · Penalty for counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary marks

- Whoever, with intent to cause damage or injury to be public or to any person, or to cause wrongful gain as defined in the Indian Penal Code-

(a)

knowingly counterfeits upon any tree or timber a mark used by Forest Officer to indicate that such tree or timber is the property of the Government or of some person, or that it may lawfully be felled or removed by some person, or

(b)

unlawfully affixes to any tree or timber a mark used by Forest Officer; or

(c)

alters, defaces or obliterates any such mark placed on any tree or timber by or under the authority of a Forest Officer ; or

(d)

alters, moves, destroys, or defaces any boundary mark of any forest or waste land to which any provisions of this Act apply,

shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine, or with both.

The offence at a glance

Maximum punishment: 2 years
Fine: Fine — no statutory ceiling, the court decides
Cognizable: Non-cognizable
Bailable: Bailable
Triable by: Any Magistrate

Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station

Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section

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