The INDIAN FOREST ACT, 1927

OFTHE CONTROL OF TIMBER AND OTHER FOREST-PRODUCE IN TRANSIT

Section 43: Governments and Forest-officers not liable for damage to forest-produce at depot.

The Government shall not be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur in respect of any timber or other forest-produce while at a depot established under a rule made under section 41, or while detained elsewhere, for the purposes of this Act; and no Forest-officer shall be responsible for any such loss or damage, unless he causes such loss or damage negligently, maliciously or fraudulently.