Section 2 in Tamil Nadu Timber Transit Rules, 1968
2. Definition.
- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-(1)"Act" means the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1882);(2)"Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules';(3)"timber" includes all classes of timber as defined in the Act, except-(a)[xxx] [[Omitted by G O. Ms. No. 296, E&F, dated the 18th November 1988. Before its omission, clause (3)(a) read as follows:(a)timber not grown in India;]](b)[ all sawn timber where the smallest dimension is less than 5cm. in thickness and does not exceed 12 decimetres in length;] [Substituted by G.O. Ms. No. 971, Forests and Fisheries, dated the 11th August 1983.](c)timber removed under the concession granted in rule 7 of the general rules under section 26 of the Act;(d)small wood for fuel and bamboos in head-loads or smaller quantities;(e)firewood purchased from depots or markets for domestic consumption if transported within the municipal limits, under cover of invoice given by depot keepers;(f)prosopis juliflora-(Tamil Name-Seemai parambai, Seemai karuvai, Velikaruvai, Trade Name-The mesquite)(g)Casuarina equisetifolia-Tamil Name-Savukku Trade Name-Cas-uarina);(h)[ Sababul (Tamil Name-Sanvuobel; Trade Name-Subabul; Botonical Name-Leldcoena leucocephela); [Added by G.O. Ms. No. 296, E&F, dated the 18th November, 1988 and G O. Ms. No. 242, E&F, dated the 24th June 1992.](i)Eucalyptus hybrid-(Tamil Name-Nilgiris tree; Trade name-Nilgiris tree; Botonical Name-Eucalyptus teriticornis);(j)Palmyra-(Tamil Name-Panai; Trade Name-Palmya; Botanical Name-Borassus Flabellifer);(k)Poovarasu-(Tamil Nadu-Poovarasu; Trade Name-Portia; Botanical Name-Thespesia Populnea);(l)Dadops (Tamil Name-Kalyana Murungai; Trade Name-Coral tree; Botanical Name-Erythrine indica;(m)Nattu Odai (Tamil Nadu-Nattu Odari; Trade name-Umbrella thorn; Botanical Name-Acaeia-Planeferons).]
