Acts Prohibited in the Forest Reserves
Whoever in any forest reserve, except with the authority in writing of the prescribed officer -
(a) takes any forest produce;
(b) uproots, burns, strips off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages any tree;
(c) sets fire to any grass or herbage, or kindles a fire without taking due precaution to prevent its spreading;
(d) smokes or lights a fire in any part of a forest reserve within which, or at a time when, smoking or the lighting of fires is prohibited by an order of the Governor;
(e) pastures cattle or permits cattle to trespass;
(f) digs, cuts, turns or cultivates the soil or makes a farm or plantation;
(g) trespasses in any part of a forest reserve in which trespass shall be prohibited by an order of the Governor or during any period specified in an under of the Governor;
(h) constructs any dam or weir across any river or stream or otherwise obstructs the channel of any river or stream;
(i) resides or erects any building;
(j) hunts or fishes;
(k) damages in any way or destroys any forestry property,
Shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty thousand naira and above or to imprisonment for twelve months or to both.