Chief Forest Officer may carry out prescriptions on private lands and claim costs

If, within the time specified in a fire protection plan, any landowner fails to comply with or to carry out any prescription in the plan relating to land over which he enjoys rights, the Chief Forest Officer may enter upon the land and carry out the prescriptions thereof. In such a case the landowner shall pay to the Chief Forest Officer on demand the actual expenses incurred in the execution of all work carried out in accordance with the fire protection plan and if the landowner fails to pay the expenses on demand they may be recovered as a civil debt due to the State.