STATE FOREST ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to developing the national economy and to promoting the welfare of the people by improving the function of state forests and efficiently administering state forests by prescribing matters concerning the management and administration thereof.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "management of state forests" means activities producing forest products, such as lumber through forestry projects, such as afforestation, cultivating forests, production of forest trees, installation of forest administration infrastructure, protection of genetic forestry resources within state forests, and maintaining and improving the diverse functions of forests, such as economic, social, cultural, and environmental functions;

2. The term "administration of state forests" means property administration, such as conservation, lease, permission for use, exchange, purchase, and sale of state forests.

Article 3(Basic Principles of Management and Administration of State Forests) #

The State shall manage and administer state forests in accordance with the basic principles specified in the following subparagraphs:

1. Planning the interests of the whole country in consideration of the development of local communities;

2. Stable supply of forest products through the sustainable management of forests;

3. Promoting the function of public interests in forests through growing nature-friendly state forests;

4. Increasing the standard of living of the people through the promotion of use of state forests by the people;

5. Implementation of a leading role in the management of public and private forests.

STATE FOREST ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Basic Principles of Management and Administration of State Forests) #

Article 4(Management and Administration Agencies)

Article 5(Investigation into State Forests) #

Article 6(Comprehensive Plans for State Forests) #

Article 7(Advisory Committee on State Forest Management and Administration) #

Article 8(State Forest Management Plans) #

Article 9(Management Plans of State Forests, etc. under Jurisdiction of Heads of Central Government Agencies) #

Article 10(Lumber Production in State Forests) #

Article 11(State Forest Protection Agreements) #

Article 12(Creation and Operation of Model Forests) #

Article 13(Management by Proxy of State Forests under Jurisdiction of Heads of Central Government Agencies) #

Article 14(Designation and Operation of Citizens' Forests) #

Article 15(Joint Forestry Projects) #

Article 16(Classification of State Forests) #

Article 17(Prohibition of Disposal of State Forests Subject to Conservation) #

Article 18(Expansion and Purchase of State Forests) #

Article 19 #

Article 20(Sale or Exchange of State Forests Not Subject to Conservation) #

Article 21(Lease of State Forests) #

Article 22(Prohibition of Installation of Permanent Facilities) #

Article 23(Lease Charges) #

Article 24(Restrictions on Acquisition of Forest Products) #

Article 25(Restrictions on Transfer of Rights and Transfer of Titles) #

Article 26(Cancellation of Lease, etc.) #

Article 27(Sale of State Forest Products) #

Article 28(Cancellation of Contracts) #

Article 29(Gratuitous Concession of State Forest Products) #

Article 30(Provisions to be Applied Mutatis Mutandis) #

Article 31(Hearings) #

Article 32(Delegation of Authority) #

Article 32-2(Legal Fiction as Public Official in Application of Penalty Provisions) #

Article 33(Penalty Provisions) #