Section 11 in Rules for the Issue and Check of Permits for Timber and Other Forest Produce
11.
Permit, forms of all descriptions will bear printed serial numbers such as numbers running on continuously and not changing with the year, and before issue, should be stamped with the stamp of the District Forest Officer or the stamped signature of the District Forest Officer.In this way, the use of counterfeit permits may be prevented, for a doubtful permit can always be checked with the true one of the same number. Annual numbers commencing from the 1st July in each year may also be entered on all permits granted by the range or other issuing officer.
