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The Private Forests Ordinance, 1959 (East Pakistan Ordinance)

( Ordinance NO. XXXIV OF 1959 )

Chapter IV

PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Punishment for wrongful seizure
44. Any Forest Officer or Police Officer who vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes any property on pretence of seizing property liable to confiscation under this Ordinance shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred taka, or with both.

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