Appointment of officers
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the State Authority may appoint a State Director of Forestry and so many Deputy State Directors of Forestry, Assistant State Directors of Forestry, District Forest Officers, Assistant District Forest Officers and other officers as may be necessary.
(2) The appointments of the State Director of Forestry, Deputy State Director of Forestry, Assistant State Director of Forestry, District Forest Officer, Assistant District Forest Officer and other officers as may be necessary shall be published in the Gazette.
Duties of the Director
The Director shall—
(a) be responsible to the State Authority for the due administration within the State of the provisions of this Act;
(b) cause to be prepared and implemented State forest management plans which shall prescribe the allowable cut either in terms of volume or area, in accordance with the principle of sustained yield;
(c) cause to be prepared and implemented reforestation plans;
(d) cause to be reviewed from time to time the State forest management plans and reforestation plans prepared under paragraphs (b) and (c) respectively;
(e) cause to be prepared and implemented programmes relating to amenity forests;
(f) cause to be prepared an annual report on the activities of the State Forestry Department during the preceding financial
year and submit such report to the State Authority and the Director General of the Federal Forestry Department before 30 June of each year;
(g) cause to be prepared and submitted to the State Financial Authority before 30 September of each year an annual budget in respect of the following financial year for the purposes of paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f);
(h) perform such other duties as the State Authority may from time to time determine.
Delegation of power by Director
(1) The Director may, delegate in writing, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed in the instrument of delegation, the exercise and performance of—
(a) any power or duty conferred or imposed on him under this Act to any forest officer not below the rank of Assistant District Forest Officer; and
(b) any power or duty conferred or imposed on him under section 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 or 93 to any member of the armed forces:
Provided that a delegation to any member of the armed forces under section 88 shall not include the power of investigation.
(2) Any delegation under this section with respect to any power or duty shall not prevent the Director from himself exercising that power or performing that duty in any case where it appears to him expedient to do so.
Delegation of powers of State Authority to Director
The State Authority may, by notification in the Gazette, delegate to the Director the exercise or performance (subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed in the notification) of any power or duty conferred or imposed on the State Authority under this Act:
Provided that—
(a) this section shall not apply to any power of the State Authority under this Act to make rules; and
(b) the giving of a notification under this section with respect to any power or duty shall not prevent the State Authority from itself exercising that power or performing that duty in any case where it appears to the State Authority expedient to do so.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
