China's Forest Laws 657 



Art. 9. If after the ownership of a portion of a public or private forest is 

 transferred to the Government, the original owner should consider it necessary 

 for the Government to take the rest, he may submit a peiition setting forth 

 his reasons to the District Magistrate who shall transmit it to the highest 

 local administrative official to be forwarded to the Ministry of Agriculture 

 and Commerce, for investigation and corresponding action. 



Art. 10. In addition to the notification sent to the owner, the transfer of 

 ownership of such forest shall be published for general information, after 

 which the former owner shall lose all claims to ownership. 



Art. 11. Should any complication arise in connection with the forest trans- 

 ferred to the Government, the original owner shall be responsible for proper 

 settlement: and if he fails to do so before the expiration of a fixed period, the 

 District Magistrate shall settle the case for him, all expenses to be deducted 

 from the proceeds of the sale of the forest. 



Art. 12. When a declaration of "reserved" forest is made or cancelled as 

 provided for in Arts. 6 and 9 of the Forest Law the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Commerce or the highest local administrative official shall inform the owner 

 of the reasons therefor, and shall notify the public in due form. If such a 

 decision is made by the highest local administrative official, it shall be trans- 

 mitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce for registration. 



Art. 13. In case a portion of a forest is declared to be reserved, or the former 

 declaration is cancelled, a map indicating the location of the forest shall accom- 

 pany such report or proclamation. 



Art. 14. When a petition is lodged for compensation as provided for in 

 Alt. 7 of these regulations, the petitioner shall give a detailed estimate of the 

 loss incurred, which shall be reckoned up to the date of publication of a public 

 notice, prohibiting all free cutting within the forest. 



Art. 15. If the ownership of a reserved forest is transferred or if such forest 

 suffers any change in appearance or condition, a report shall be made to the 

 District Magistrate who shall transmit it through the Tao-yin to the Ministry 

 of Agriculture and Commerce for registration. 



Art. 16. When a person applies for public owned forest land for purposes 

 of reforestation, as provided for in Art. 12 of the Forest Law, he shall prepare 

 an application containing the following particulars and send it to the District 

 Magistrate who shall transmit it through the Tao-yin to the highest local 

 administrative official to be forwarded to the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Commerce for approval: 



1. The name, age, native home, present address and occupation of the 

 applicant. If the applicant is a corporation there shall be given the name and 

 address of the corporation and the name, age, native province, present address 

 and profession of its manager or representative. 



2. The amount of money he expects to invest in reforestation. 



3. The location and dimension of the land applied for. 



4. The four boundaries of the tract. If only a portion of the tract is applied 

 for, the specific location within the tract shall be noted. 



In addition to such application, the applicant shall submit a statement of 

 his plans, together with a map of the area applied for. 



Art. 17. In the case of an application for extension of area according to the 

 provisions made in part 2 of Art. 13 of the Forest Law, such extension shall 

 not exceed 100 square li. 



Art. 18. If after an order has been received to plant trees as provided for 

 in Art. 20 of the Forest Law, the person concerned fails to comply with the 

 same, the District Magistrate shall proceed in accordance with clause 1 of 

 Article 2 of the Law Enforcing Administrative Measures. 



Art. 19. The local high administrative officials referred to in these regula- 

 tions are the Governors of the Provinces, Lieutenant Generals of the Special 

 Administrative areas and the Governor of the Metropolitan Prefecture. 



Art. 20. These detailed regulations shall become effective from the date 

 of their promulgation (June 30, 1915). 



