# 43 Governments and Forest-officers not liable for damage to forest-produce at depot

The¹[Government] shall not be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur in respect of any timber or other forest-produce while at a depot established under a rule made under section 41, or while detained elsewhere, for the purposes of this Act; and no Forest-officer shall be responsible for any such loss or damage, unless he causes such loss or damage negligently, maliciously or fraudulently.

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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown".

All sections

Limit not to apply to purchase-money or royalty

Power to make rules to regulate transit of forest-produce

41A

Powers of Central Government as to movements of timber across customs frontiers

Penalty for breach of rules made under section 41

All persons bound to aid in case of accident at depot

Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of Government until title thereto proved, and may be collected accordingly

Notice to claimants of drift-timber

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