Forests Act 12/2019

Forest Act, 2049 (1993)
Date of Authentification and the Publication
2049-10-5 B.S. (January 5,1993 A.D.)
(1) Forest (First Amendment) Act, 2055 (1999) Magh 21,2055(Feb. 4, 1999)
Act No. 49 of 2049 (1993)
An Act Made For Proper Management and Conservation of Forests
Preamble: Whereas it is expedient to meet the basic needs of the public in general, to
attain social and economic development and to promote a healthy environment and to
ensure the development and conservation of forest and the proper utilization of forest
products and extend co-operation in the conservation and development of private forest
by managing the national forest in the form of government managed forest, protected
forest, community forest, leasehold forest and religious forest.
Now, therefore, the Parliament has enacted this Act in the twenty first year of the
reign of His Majesty King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
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Preliminary
1. Short Title and Commencement: (1) This Act may be called the “Forest Act,
2049” (1993).
(2) This Act shall come into force on such a date as Government of Nepal
by notification published in Nepal Gazette, may specify.*
2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,-
* This Act came into force on 2051.12.20 (Nepal Gazette, dated 2051.11.20)
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(a) “Forest” means an area fully or partly covered by trees.
(b) “Forest Boundary Mark” means a pillar or signboard made of timber,
stone, cement or any other material installed for the demarcation of
National Forest boundaries and the term also includes the Forest
Boundary Mark indicated in the maps prepared by surveying and
measuring the lands pursuant to prevailing laws.
(c) "Forest Products" means the following products which are contained or
found in or brought from forests:-
(1) Timber, firewood, charcoal, catechu, rosin, wood-oil, bark, lac,
pipla, pipli (piper longum), or
(2) Tree, leave, fruit, flower, mahwa (bassia longifolia), chiraito
(swertia chiretta), Kutki(picorhiza Kurroa) and all kinds of wild
herbs, vegetation and different parts or organs thereof, or
(3) Boulder, soil , stone, pebble, sand, or
(4) Bird, wild life and trophy thereof.
(d) "Work Plan" means an Work Plan relating to Forest prepared for the
development and conservation of the Forest and utilizing selling and
distributing of the Forest Products by maintaining the environmental
balance and approved under this Act.
(e) "National Forest" means all Forest excluding Private Forest within the
Nepal , whether marked or unmarked with Forest Boundary and the term
shall also includes waste or uncultivated land or unregistered lands
surrounded by the Forest or situated near the adjoining Forest as well as
path, pond, lake, river or stream and riverine land within the Forest.
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