Section 22O
Subject to the prior approval of the Forest Development Fund
of Forest Act
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Section 22O
Committee, the Fund shall be used for the following purposes —
(a)
the preparation and implementation of programmes relating to forest conservation, rehabilitation programmes and silvicultural works;
(b)
the recruitment of personnel including consultancy services, the procurement of equipment and the development of
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infrastructural facilities necessary to undertake activities in paragraph (a);
(c)
the promotion and awareness building of the general public on activities related to the management, development and conservation of forest resources.
Forest cess.