s 10 Director to classify permanent reserved forests
(1) The Director, with the approval of the State Authority, shall by notification in the Gazette, classify every permanent reserved forest under one or more of the following classifications which shall be descriptive of the purpose or purposes for which the land is being or intended to be used:
(a) timber production forest under sustained yield;
(b) soil protection forest;
(c) soil reclamation forest;
(d) flood control forest;
(e) water catchment forest;
(f) forest sanctuary for wild life;
(g) virgin jungle reserved forest;
(h) amenity forest;
(i) education forest;
(j) research forest;
(k) forest for federal purposes.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), any permanent reserved forest may be divided into several parts and each part, the situation and extent of which shall be specified in the notification, may be classified under one or more of the classifications enumerated in subsection (1).
(3) The Director, with the approval of the State Authority, shall, by notification in the Gazette, change the classification of any permanent reserved forest or part thereof classified under subsection
(1) if there is a change in the purpose or purposes for which such forest or part thereof had been classified.
(4) A permanent reserved forest, until classified under subsection
(1), shall be deemed to have been classified under paragraph (1)(a).
Chapter 3—Excision Of Land from Permanent Reserved Forests
Malay text (authoritative)
Pengarah hendaklah mengelaskan hutan simpanan kekal
(1) Pengarah, dengan kelulusan Pihak Berkuasa Negeri, hendaklah melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta, mengelaskan tiaptiap hutan simpanan kekal di bawah satu atau lebih pengelasan yang berikut yang hendaklah menggambarkan maksud atau maksud-maksud yang tanah itu sedang digunakan atau dicadang hendak digunakan:
(a) hutan pengeluaran kayu di bawah perolehan berkekalan;
(b) hutan perlindungan tanah;
(c) hutan tebus guna tanah;
(d) hutan kawalan banjir;
(e) hutan tadahan air;
(f) hutan perlindungan hidupan liar;
(g) hutan simpanan hutan dara;
(h) hutan lipur;
(i) hutan pelajaran;
(j) hutan penyelidikan;
(k) hutan bagi maksud persekutuan.
(2) Bagi maksud subseksyen (1), mana-mana hutan simpanan kekal boleh dibahagikan kepada beberapa bahagian dan setiap bahagian itu, kedudukan dan keluasannya hendaklah dinyatakan dalam pemberitahuan tersebut, boleh dikelaskan di bawah satu atau lebih pengelasan yang disenaraikan dalam subseksyen (1).
(3) Pengarah, dengan kelulusan Pihak Berkuasa Negeri, hendaklah, melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta, menukar pengelasan manamana hutan simpanan kekal atau sebahagian daripadanya yang dikelaskan di bawah subseksyen (1) jika terdapat penukaran dalam maksud atau maksud-maksud yang hutan itu atau sebahagian daripadanya telah dikelaskan.
(4) Sesuatu hutan simpanan kekal, sehingga dikelaskan di bawah subseksyen (1), hendaklah disifatkan telah dikelaskan di bawah perenggan (1)(a).
Bab 3—Pengeluaran kawasan tanah daripada Hutan Simpanan Kekal
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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).
