📑 Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Part 6, Chapter 3, Section 156

" A fine of from 200,000 to 1,000,000 CFA francs or imprisonment for from 1 to 6 months or both such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever commits any of the fo11owing offences : clearing or setting fire on a State forest, an afforested or a fragile ecological zone, in contravention of Sections 14, 16(1) and (3), and 17(2) above; - use of a forest belonging to an individual for anything other than forestry purposes, in contravention of Section 39(2) above; - implementation of a development or exploitation inventory not in conformity with the norms established by forestry services, in contravention of Section 40(1) above; - unauthorized forest exploitation in a communal or community forest, in contravention of Sections 52, 53 and 54, without prejudice to damages for timber exploited~ as provided for in Section 159 below; - exploitation by sale of standing volume in a communal forest beyond the authorized felling plan and/or the period granted, in contravention of Section 45 above, without prejudice to damages for timber exploited, as provided for in Section 159 below; - acquisition of shares in a company with an exploitation title, without the prior approval of forestry services, in contravention of Section 42(3) above; - contravention of the established norms on the processing or marketing of forest products as provided for in Section 72 above; - non-demarcation of the boundaries of forest exploitation licence and the current felling plan; fraudulent use, forgery or destruction of marks, marking hammers, boundary marks or posts utilized by the services in charge of forestry, wildlife and fisheries, as the case may be; - contravention of the provisions on hunting arms stipulated in Sections 106, 107 and 108; - contravention of the provIsIons on fisheries stipulated in Sections 118 and 127 Cb), Cc), (d) and (k) of this law."

⌚ Date Published: 1994-01-20
⚖️ Instrument Type: Law
Country: 🇨🇲 Cameroon
🌍 Continent : Africa
📜Instrument: Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon
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DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE



🔑 Dam
Dam

➡ a barrier built across a river or stream to prevent water from flowing through thereby forming a reservoir


🔑 Fin
Fin

➡ 1) to cut off the fins (from a fish). The practice of removing fins and discarding the carcass, usually pertaining to sharks. 2) of a marine animal) to show fins above the water — Saw was frightened as the sharks finned around the boat


🔑 Fin
Fin

➡ a thin, flat appendage on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal that helps manoeuvre the body through the water.


🔑 FIS
FIS

➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.


🔑 FIS
FIS

➡ Désigne la flotte commune France-Côte d'IvoireSénégal qui cible les thons tropicaux au large de l'Afrique.


🔑 Fish
Fish

➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.


🔑 Fish
Fish

➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.


🔑 Forest
Forest

➡ large area of land bigger than half a hectare (5 000m2) covered with trees higher than 5 meters and a tree canopy cover of more than 10 %, or with trees that will be able to meet these criteria.


🔑 Licence
Licence

➡ an official document that shows that permission has been given to carry out fishery activities, to own or to operate a fishery equipment.


🔑 Mer
Mer

➡ Immense étendue d’eau salée qui couvre une grande partie de la Terre, un des éléments de base de la Terre. Sel, eau de mer.


🔑 State forest
State forest

➡ a nation's forest as a whole - all forests under the jurisdiction of a particular nation.


🔑 Wildlife
Wildlife

➡ all of the animals in a specific area, period of time, etc.