Section 9(b) in Tamil Nadu Sandalwood Transit Rules, 1967
(b)sandalwood cut and carried by a ryot for his own personal use from the growing on the patta lands of the said ryots of or any neighbouring ryot from whom title to such sandalwood is derived and provided that he obtains a certificate of title from village munsif and that the quantity cut and carried on each occasion does not exceed 5 kilograms in weight.
