Persons Authorized to Possess and Use a Chain Saw.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Persons Authorized to Possess and Use a Chain Saw. — The Department is hereby authorized to issue permits to possess and/ or use a chain saw for the felling and/or cutting of trees, timber and other forest or agro-forest products to any applicant who: has a subsisting timber license agreement, production sharing agreement, or similar agreements, or a private land timber permit; is an orchard and fruit tree farmer; is an industrial tree fanner; is a licensed wood processor and the chain saw shall be used for the cutting of timber that has been legally sold to said applicant; or shall use the chain saw for a legal purpose. Agencies of the government that use chain saws in some aspects of their functions must likewise secure the necessary permit from the Department before operating the same.