Section 33, Forestry Act 1988

(I) The Forestry Act is hereby repealed except that the Forestry Order, the Fo.restry (F0rest Protection) Order and e1 ery Protected Forest Order and Forest Reserve Order in force on the commencement of this Act shall rtmain in force subject to the followinge t concession No. For,:rtry 19Jla (a) the Minister may by notice published in tbe GaztWe revoke or modify any Protecte<l Forest Order or Forest Reserve Order in its entirety or with respect to any area of land; (b) the provisions of the Forestry Order and the Forestry (Forest Prote:.:tion) Order shall only apply to areas with respect to which a Protected Forest Order or Forest Reserve Order remains in force; (c) the Minister may by notic.: published in the Gazett~ make provision for- (i' the fees to be charged on th gran and issue of l,cences; ( ii l the roya:ties to be paid b:, the holders of such licences; (iii\ tolls on timber, rubber and forest produce conveyed on any river or creek, and the cost of surveys and demarcations; (iv) lhe collection, paymem and di~pos:i.l of fees, royalties, tolls and costs of surveys and demarcations. (d) the reforestation fee established by section 17 (1) of this Act shall be payable in respect of such concessions, licences am\ operations in Protected Forests and Forest Reserves as the Minister may by order published in the Gazette determine, but other fees and royalties ,ball be ass:ssed and distributed under the provi~tons of the Forestry Order, OBJECTS AND REASONS The oojeet of this Bill is to up date the law relating to Forestry Sierra Leone ,,hich has not been revised since 1946. The Bill seeks to repeal the Forestry Act (Cap. 189) and to replace It by a new Act which will provide for- (a) tl 1 e effective mar.agement, conservation and development of the forest resources of the Republic of Sierra Leone; (b) afforestation and reafforestation measures as well as the control and supervision of the utilization of the nation's forest resources; (o) agrem,ents as a basis (01 the commercial utilization of the forest resources of Sierra Leone; 20 No. Forestry 1988 (d) the fixing of fees and royalties and other charges to reflect the economic value of our forc;:sts; (e) the principle of compensation to land owners for loss of usufruct over land constituted forest estates; (f) the introduction of agro-forestry and its ancillaries. PHILIPSON KAMARA, Acting Minister of Agricuture, Natural Resource3 and Forestry. FREETOWN. SrnRRA LEONE, 6th May, 1988. P11.1.,"'TEO DY TiiE GOVUNMENT Plln-m,,,o DEP.u.TM!Nl', Smu..,. UIONI GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY Ne. 27 or 24TB lliY, 1988