Regulations for forest roads

The Minister may make regulations– (a) fixing the size and type of vehicle which may be used on any forest road; (b) regulating the traffic on forest roads and for the general good use and government thereof; (c) for the general control, use, management, survey, construction and repair of all forest roads and the prevention of obstruction thereto with power to impose, levy and collect from any persons using such road such dues, tolls and fees as may be decided upon or deputing to the Chief Forest Officer the power so to do. 26 SCHEDULE I1 FORESTS ACT Rates of Royalty [section 7] Local Name of the tree Botanical Name Rate Alternative rate per cubic foot (true tree cylindrical (1) (2) per (3) volume under bark) $ c Mahogany Swietenia macrophylla Cedar Cedrela mexicana 30 Banak Virola Koschyni 4 6 Mayflower Tabebuia Pentaphylla 5 15 Pine Pinus caribaea 4 10 Podo (Cypress) Podocarpus guatemalensis 4 8 Santa Maria Calophyllum brasilliense var rekoi 4 6 Tubroos Enterolobium cyclocarpum 4 6 Yemeri (San Juan) Vochysia Hondurensis 4 6 Barba Jolote Acacia, & Pithecolobium spp. 4 6 Cabbage Bark Lonchocarpus castilloi 4 6 1 This Schedule was amended by Act No. 17 of 2017. Forests 27 Local Name of the tree Botanical Name Rate per tree Alternative rate per cubic foot (true cylindrical volume under (1) (2) (3) bark) (4) $ c Carbon Tetragastris stevensonii 4 6 Chicle Macho (dead trees only) Achras chicle 4 6 Cramantee Guarea excels 4 6 Nargusta (Bullywood) Terminalia amazonia 4 6 Salmwood Cordia allidora 3 6 Sapodilla (dead trees only) Achras zapota 4 6 Tamarind Acacia & Pithecolobium spp. 4 6 Timbersweet Nectandra, Ocotea & Phoebe spp 4 6 Billy Webb Sweetia Panamensia 3 6 Bullet Tree Bucida Buceras 3 6 Ceiba (Cotton Tree) Ceiba octidentalis 4 6 Cortez Tabebuia chrysantha 4 6 28 Forests Alternative rate per cubic foot Botanical Name Rate per tree (true cylindrical Local Name of the tree (1) (2) (3) volume under bark) $ c Ironwood Dialium guianense 4 6 Prickly Yellow Danthoxylum spp 2 6 Waika Chew-Stick Sumphonia glubulifera 2 6 Chechem (Black Poison Wood) Metapun browpei 2 6 Mylady Aspidosperma spp 1.00 - Silion (Silly Young) Lucuma & Siderohylon spp. 1.00 - Granadilla Platymiscium yucatanum .50 - Mapola Bernoullia flammea Bombax ellipticum .50 - Negrito Simaruba glauca .50 6 Polak (Balsa) Ochroma lagopus .50 - Provision tree Pachira aquatic .50 - Quamwood Schizolobium paraphybum .50 - Redwood Mosquitixylum .50 - (Ridge) jamaicense .50 - Madre Cacao Gliricidia speium .50 - Forests 29 Local Name of the tree Botanical Name Rate per Alternative rate per cubic (1) (2) tree (3) foot (true cylindrical volume under bark) (4) $ c Mangrove Rhizophora, Laguncularia & Avicennia spp .40 - Botan Palm Sabal spp .20 - Cabbage Palm Roystonea oleraces .20 - Moho Heliocarpus & Belotia spp. .20 - Mylady Poles Aspidosperma magalocarpon .20 - Rosewood Dalbergia stevensonii 8.00* - Ziricote Cordia Dodecandra 8.00* - Fustic Chlorophora tinctoria 8.00* - Logwood Haematoxylum campechianum 8.00* - Palomulatto Astronium graveolens Rate per 6 ton* 30 Forests SCHEDULE II2 Fines for Unlawful Possession of Forest Produce [section 19] Fines shall be computed as the product of the value of one penalty unit multiplied by the number of penalty units prescribed by the ratio in column (5) for the quantity of the offence. Local Botanical Name Class of Quantity Prescribed Value of Name of forest Units ratio of one penalty the species produce penalty unit units per ($) quantity units (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Mahogany Swietenia Logs or boardfeet 3:1 2.0 macrophylla sawn (True lumber volume) Rosewood Dalbergia Logs or boardfeet 4:1 2.00 stevensonii sawn (True lumber volume) Cedar Cedrela Logs or boardfeet 2:1 2.00 Mexicana sawn (True lumber volume) 2 This Schedule was inserted by Act No. 17 of 2017. Forests 31 Pine Pinus spp. Logs or boardfeet 1:1 2.00 sawn (True lumber volume) Calophyllum Logs or boardfeet 1:1 2.00 brasiliense sawn (True lumber volume) Podocarpus Logs or boardfeet 2:1 2.00 (Cypress) guatemalensis sawn (True lumber volume) Lonchocarpus Logs or boardfeet 1:1 2.00 Cabbage castilloi sawn (True lumber volume) Hobillo Astronium Logs or boardfeet 1:1 2.00 graveolens sawn (True lumber volume) Granadillo Platymiscium Logs or boardfeet 2:1 2.00 sawn (True lumber volume) Swartzia cubensis Logs or boardfeet 1:1 2.00 Rosewood sawn (True (Katalox) lumber volume) Barbajolote Pithecolobium Logs or boardfeet 2:1 2.00 arboreum sawn (True lumber volume) Salmwood Cordia alliodora Logs or boardfeet 2:1 2.00 sawn (True lumber volume) 32 Forests Nargusta Terminalia Logs or boardfeet 1:1 2.00 amazonia sawn (True lumber volume) Sapodilla Manilkara zapota Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 2:1 2.00 Billy Webb Sweetia panamensis Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 1:1 2.00 Bullet Tree Terminalia buceras Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 1:1 2.00 Prickly Yellow Zanthoxylum spp. Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 1:1 2.00 Black Poison wood Metopium brownii Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 1:1 2.00 Red Mylady Aspidosperma spp. Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 1:1 2.00 Zericote Cordia dodecandra Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 4:1 2.00 Hormigo Platymiscium dimorphandrum Logs or sawn lumber boardfeet (True volume) 2:1 2.00