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Firetrace to be provided
Burning Of Vegetation Rules, r. 2 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) No person shall burn or cause or permit to be burned any vegetation for cultivation unless there is a firetrace completely surrounding the area containing such vegetation.
(2) Such firetrace shall–
(a) be of a width not less than the average height of the vegetation before it was cut,
provided that in no case shall such width be less than six feet;
(b) be cleared of debris in such manner as to render it fireproof before the 31st March in any year, and
(c) be kept cut and cleared of all debris so as to be fireproof at all times between 31st March and 30th June whether the cutting of the vegetation which it surrounds is not yet started or is incompletely cut.
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