(11) 6 "grith limit" means a particular size measured along the circumference of a tree which is specified in
accordance with the ministerial regulations;
(12) "royalty" means the fees to be paid by the loggers or collectors of forest products in accordance with this Act;
(13) "lumber mill" means a mill or a place established for the purpose of timber conversion including its periphery;
(14) "store for trading in lumber" means a selling place of lumber or a place where lumber, including its periphery,
is available for sale; (15) "marking hammer" means any instrument or implement made for the purpose of causing any marks or symbols other than numerical figures on the timber which is controlled by this Act;
(16) "competent officer" means a forest officer of any grade or any other person appointed by the Minister for the execution of this Act;
(17) "Minister" means the Minister in charge of the enforcement of this Act.

SECTION 5. Royal Decrees or Notifications of the Minister issued under this Act shall be duplicated and
affixed at the offices of District and Sub-Dstrict or at public places in the localities concerned.

Part I
DETERMINATION OF RESERVED TIMBER SPECIES, ROYALTY AND GIRTH LIMIT

SECTION 6. Reserved timber species are divided into two categories, viz:

Category (A): Ordinary reserved timber species are timber species for logging, comprised of those timber species
for which permission must be obtained from the competent officer or which are granted concessions under this Act.

Category (B): Special reserved timber species are those comprising rare species, or need to be preserved for which
logging permission cannot be granted, unless special permission shall have been obtained from the Minister.

SECTION 7.7 Teak and Yang timber in the forests throughout the Kingdom are reserved timber species under
Category (A). Other species in the forests which are to be reserved in any locality and under any category shall be
prescribed by a Royal Decree to that effect.

Any addition or deletion of reserved timber species or changing the category status of any reserved timber species whichhasbeen prescribed by a Royal Decree, or determining anytimber as reserved timber species under any category andinany locality other than the locality which has been prescribed by a Royal Decree in accordance with the provisionsof the foregoing paragraph, can be carried out by the issuance of a Royal Decree to that effect.
TheRoyalDecreeissued underthe provisions of the firstandsecondparagraph shall come into force after ninetydays fromthedate

uponitspublication
inthe Government
Gazette.

SECTION 8.8 The provisions of this Section was repealed and no replacing text provided.

SECTION 9.9 The Minister is empowered to determine the rates of royalty by publishing a notice in the Government Gazette in the following manners:
(1) for the logging of reserved timber species of Category (A), especially for teak timber, or reserved timber
species of Category (B), the rate of royalty shall be fixed according to the kind, size and volume of the timber. Such
rate of royalty shall not exceed two hundred baht per cubic meter;
(2) for the logging of other reserved timber species, the rate of royalty shall be fixed according to the kind and volume of the timber. Such rate of royalty shall not exceed eighty baht per cubic meter;
(3) for the logging of reserved timber species for making firewood and charcoal, the rate of royalty shall be
fixed. Such rate of royalty shall not exceed five baht per cubic meter. If already converted to charcoal, the rate of
royalty shall be double for that of logging of reserved timber species for making firewood and charcoal;
(4) for the logging of reserved timber species or making charcoal from reserved timber species, if it is commonlysold asamatterofpractice atany standard other than the cubic meter, the rate of royalty may be fixed diverting therefrom the provisions of (1), (2) and (3); but such rate ofroyaltyshallnotexceed tenper centad-valorem the value, being an average of those obtained in the Kingdom of the reserved timber species or charcoal, as the case may be.

SECTION 9.(bis), In cases where the Minister so advises, he shall deduct or waive from the royalty for any person who has caused natural damages, to the extent necessary for any particular case thereof.

SECTION 10. The Minister is empowered to set up the girth limit of reserved timber species by publishing a notice
in the Government Gazette.

Part II
LOGGING OF RESERVED TIMBER SPECIES

In issuing a license, the Minister may grant a monopoly or concession for firewood or charcoal, may directly or indirectly issue a license only for a forest which is very distant and where there is scarcity of timber, or for logging
only forvaluable species or rare species.

In the consideration of issuing a license, the Minister may grant a monopoly or concession under the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, which shall be made by the committee appointed by the Minister.

SECTION 11. (bis), In cases where the licensee under Section 11, or concessionaire desiring to bring in any implement, tool, beasts of burden, vehicle or heavy equipment which is not owned by himself, for entrance tothe
permitted forest or concession, the licensee orconcessionaireofthesaid propertiesshall inform the fact to the
competent officer in advance within aperiod notlessthan thirtydays in accordancewith theforms specifiedin the
ministerial regulations.

The propertiesof the first paragraph, the licensee or concessionaire is considered to have brought them into the
permitted forest or concession. If he fails to inform to the competent officer under the provisions of the first paragraph, it shall be presumed that such properties are owned by thelicensee or concessionaire.

SECTION 12. Unless permission has been specified in the license, no licensee shall log out any timber which bears
no impression of hammer marks by a competent officer authorizing the logging of the same.

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