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Act No. 3577 Section 1

Act No. 3577 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section eighteen hundred and forty of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and two and Thirty-two hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1840. Taking of lower-group timber without license.—Until the twenty-fifth day of October, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, residents of a place for which a communal forest shall not have been set aside may, without license and free of charge, take timber of the second and lower groups, minor forest products, and stone or earth which they need for personal purposes, and not for sale, provided such products are taken in a public forest, but not in a forest reserve: Provided, That a permit from the Bureau of Forestry to be issued free of charge shall be required for the transportation of said products from their place of origin to the municipality, municipal district, township, or settlement wherein the applicant resides."

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CitationAct No. 3577 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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