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Moreover, if ordered so to do by the Governor General, he 

 shall replant the areas denuded within three years. 18 



ART. 101. In case the owner does not carry out the planting 

 or sowing within the time prescribed by the order of the Gov- 

 ernor General, the Waters and Forests Service can see that it 

 is done at its own expense upon previous authorization from 

 the prefect who shall order a memorandum of the work drawn 

 up and the cost levied against the owner. 



ART. 102. The provisions in the four preceding articles are 

 applicable to sowing and planting executed in accordance of 

 the Governor General's decision, for the replacement of denuded 

 woods. 



ART. 103. The following are excepted from the provisions 

 of Art. 98: 



1. Young woods during the first twenty years after their 



sowing or planting, except in the case set forth in the 

 previous article. 



2. Parks and gardens either fenced or adjoining habi- 



tations. 



3. Woods not fenced, less than 10 hectares (24 acres) in 



extent, on condition that they do not form part *of 

 another wood which would bring up the area to 10 

 hectares (24 acres), or that they are not situated on 

 the summit or slopes of a mountain. 



4. Those portions of forests which the owners have been 



authorized to cut down in virtue of Art. 9 of the 

 decree of Feb. 2, 1870. 



5. The land which has been reserved as woods and forests 



included in areas (set aside for) colonization. 



ART. 104. Excessive exploitation, grazing after fellings, cop- 

 picing operations or fires, which may cause the total or partial 

 destruction of the forest in which they are practiced, shall be 

 treated as deforestation, and in consequence those who have 

 ordered them shall be subject to the penalties set forth under 

 Arts. 100 and 101. 



All owners of stock allowed to enter, or found in woods less 

 than six years of age, shall be fined in accordance with the rules 

 set forth under Art. 177, paragraph 2. 



18 Literally this is: "in a term which cannot exceed three years." 



