(1) The Commissioner may by legislative instrument make regulations-

(a) controlling or prohibiting the cutting or felling of any trees of smaller girth than that prescribed in the regulations;

(b) for the marking of trees that may be cut or felled;

(c) for the control of the transit or export of timber, and for the salving and disposal of drift timber;

(d) for the prescription for any purposes of a standard method for use in calculating the volume of any tree or timber;

(e) for the control or prohibition of the purchase, sale, export or possession of timber cut, felled, collected or moved in contravention of the regulations;

(f) for the protection of trees or timber;

(g) for the imposition of fees for anything done for the purposes of this Decree and the regulations;

(h) otherwise for carrying out the principles and purposes of this Decree.

(2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section or the conditions of any licence or permit issued or granted thereunder for which no penalty is expressly provided in the regulations shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ¢2,000,000.00 or to imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both. [As Amended by the Trees and Timber (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act 493) s. 6].

(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence against any regulation made under this section, the court may in addition to the punishment imposed order that the whole or any part of the trees or timber in respect of which the offence was committed shall be forfeited and disposed of as the court may direct, and may order that any licence or permit held under the regulations by the person convicted shall be forfeited.