FORESTRY ACT 1950 - SECT 18

FORESTRY ACT 1950 - SECT 18

18—Injury to forest reserves

        (1)         A person who without the consent of the Corporation injures, destroys or interferes with any property belonging to, or under the control or management of, the Corporation is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or 6 months imprisonment.

        (2)         If any such property is injured or destroyed by an animal, the owner of the animal will be taken to have injured or destroyed that property unless he or she proves that the injury or destruction was caused by the wilful or negligent act of some other person.

        (3)         The court by which a person is convicted of an offence against this section may order that person to pay to the Corporation compensation for the damage done.