sec.77Persons found in possession of forest products

### sec.77 Persons found in possession of forest products Any person found within any State forest, timber reserve, forest entitlement area, forest consent area, reserve for public purposes, Crown land, or Crown holding, the forest products or quarry material whereon are the property of the Crown, or in the vicinity thereof, and having in the person’s possession any forest products, quarry material, or earth, who on being thereunto required by a forest officer, refuses or otherwise fails to give an account to the satisfaction of such officer of the manner in which the person became possessed of such forest products, quarry material, or earth, shall be deemed to have got the same on or from that State forest, timber reserve, forest entitlement area, forest consent area, reserve for public purposes, Crown land, or, as the case may be, Crown holding in contravention of the provisions of this Act, and shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, unless the person satisfies the court to the contrary. s 77 amd 1968 No. 33 s 39 ; 1974 No. 33 s 20 ; 1982 No. 73 s 56 ; 2014 No. 29 s 20