Primary law, Tamil Nadu land law
The Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests (Extension to Kanyakumari District) Act, 1979
The Tamil Nadu Legislature enacted Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1979, the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests (Extension to Kanyakumari District) Act, 1979, to extend the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 to Kanyakumari district. It received the President's assent on 3 May 1979 and was first published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 9 May 1979, but the supplied text states that commencement depends on a date appointed by State Government notification.
What the Act does
The Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests (Extension to Kanyakumari District) Act, 1979 extends the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 to Kanyakumari district. Before this extension, the 1949 Act was in force in Tamil Nadu except Kanyakumari district.
The extension Act was enacted by the Tamil Nadu Legislature as Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1979. It received the President's assent on 3 May 1979 and was first published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 9 May 1979. The supplied text says it comes into force on a date appointed by State Government notification, but does not provide that notification date.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests (Extension to Kanyakumari District) Act, 1979 is relevant to owners, buyers and professionals dealing with land in Kanyakumari district where the extended private forests law may apply. The supplied document does not reproduce the detailed restrictions or procedures contained in the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949.
A person assessing land should therefore establish whether the property is covered by the extended 1949 Act and check the authoritative, current text before acting.
Key provisions
- Any law already operating in Kanyakumari district and corresponding to the extended enactment is repealed, within the State Legislature's lawmaking power, from the commencement date.
- Repeal does not undo earlier operations, completed acts, accrued rights, obligations, liabilities, fines, penalties, forfeitures or punishments under the previous corresponding law.
- Existing investigations, legal proceedings and remedies may continue, and applicable penalties may still be imposed.
- Appointments, delegations, notifications, orders, directions, rules, regulations, forms, by-laws, schemes, certificates, permits, licences and registrations under a corresponding previous law continue as if made under the extended enactment, unless later superseded.
- References to laws not operating in Kanyakumari district are read as references to corresponding laws operating there, where available.
- References to repealed laws are read as references to the corresponding extended enactment.
- References to former authorities may be treated as references to newly constituted corresponding authorities.
- Courts and other authorities may make non-substantive adaptations needed to apply the extended enactment in Kanyakumari district.
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Common questions
Does the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 apply in Kanyakumari district?
Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1979 extends the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 to Kanyakumari district from the commencement date appointed by State Government notification.
Does the extension cancel an existing permit or licence issued under an earlier corresponding law?
Not automatically. A permit, licence, certificate, registration or other listed action under a corresponding existing law continues as if made under the extended enactment, unless it is superseded by later action.
Are rights or liabilities under the earlier law lost when that law is repealed?
No. Accrued rights, obligations and liabilities are preserved, along with earlier operations and things duly done under the corresponding law.
Does the supplied text give the commencement notification date?
No. It states that the State Government may appoint the commencement date by notification, but the notification date is not included in the supplied text.
