This Act provides for the establishment of Forest Reserves and defines rules applicable to activities in such areas. The 31 sections of the Act are divided into 5 Chapters: Preliminary (I); Reservation of Forests (II); Rights and Concessions (III); Penalties and Procedures (IV); Miscellaneous (V). The present Act aims at consolidating the law relating to forests, the transit of forest produce and duty leviable on timber and other forest produce.