7. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after sect ion 7 and shall have effect as section 7A of the principal enactment:-
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| | (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, any person who in a conservation forest:-
| | | (a) trespasses or permits cattle to trespass ; |
| (b) fells, cuts, marks, lops, girdles, saws converts, collects or removes any plant, tree or any other forest produce; |
| (c) wilfully strips off the bark or from, or otherwise damages or interferes with, any trees ; |
| (d) cuts grass or pastures cattle |
| (f) removes, uproots or destroys or causes |
| (g) sells, exposes or offers for sale any |
| (h) traps or snares, molests or disturbs, any bird or beast or reptile; |
| (i) sells, exposes or offers for sale, any bird, beast or reptile or any part of any such bird, beast or reptile; |
| (j) takes or destroys, any egg of any bird or reptile or nest of any bird ; |
| (k) fires any gun or does any other act which disturbs or is likely to disturb, any wild animal or does any act which interferes or is likely to interfere, with the breeding place of any such animal ; |
| (l) possesses or uses any trap or any explosive or poisonous substance capable of being used for the purpose of injuring or destroying any animal or plant; |
| (m) erects any building whether prepayment or temporary, or occupies any building so recited |
| (n) makes any fresh clearing or queries stone, or extracts coral or shells or digs or mines for plumage, gems or minerals or burns lime or charcoal or blasts rocks; |
| (o) kindles or keeps or carry any fire ; |
| (p) clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or any other purpose ; |
| (q) constructs any road ; |
| (r) damages, alters or removes any well ditch, embankment, fence, hedge, railing name board, sign board or any other boundary mark, |
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| | (2) Any person who aids and abets the commission of any offence specified in sub-section (1) of this section, or causes any such offence to be committed shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to the same punishment as is specified for that offence. | | |
| | (3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to prohibit any act lawfully done in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder relating to the administration and management of conservation forests.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts