" The clearing of all or part of a State or council forest shall be subject to the total or partial declassification of such forest. "

" The initiation of any development project that is likely to perturb a forest or aquatic environment shall be subject to a prior study of the environmental hazard. "

" Forest resources shall be assigned in accordance with the master plan for regional development. "

" If the creation or maintenance of a permanent forest cover is considered necessary for soil preservation, protection of the banks of a stream or of a river, regulating water flow or preserving biodiversity, the surrounding land may either be declared out of bounds or as an ecologically fragile area, or classified as protected State forest, full nature reserve, or wildlife sanctuary as the case may be, under conditions laid down by decree. "

" Clearing or exploitation shall be forbidden in forests or parts of forests that have been declared out of bounds or classified as State forests as provided for in the preceding subsection. "

" It shall be forbidden for anyone to dump, in national forests as well as in public waterways, in lakes and in the sea, any toxic product or industrial waste likely to destroy or modify animal and plant life. "

" The competent court may order the confiscation of forest product~ equipment or animals seized. In such case : the arms shall be handed to the head of the administrative unit concerned; and forest products, vehicles, boats, equipment or animals shall be sold by public auction or mutual agreement in the absence of a purchaser. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the Treasury within 48 hours. "

" Where the forest products seized are sold in an irregu1ar manner, the service concerned may, without prejudice to the various penalties to which the accused is subjected, nullify the compounding. "

" A fine of, from 5, 000 to 50,000 CFA francs or imprisonment for up to 10 days or both. Such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever commits any of the following offences carrying out of activities not in conformity with the restrictions provided for in Section 6 on the right of ownership over forests or aquacultural establishments; contravention of the laws and regulations on exploitation rights provided tor in Sections 8, 26 and 36 above; - unauthorized importation or exportation of genetic material for personal use; - setting fire on a State forest, as provided for in Section 14 above; - trespassing within a State forest, as provided for in Section 26 above; - logging under personal authorization in a communal forest for gainful purposes, or - - - logging beyond the period or quantity granted, in contravention of Section 55(1) above, without prejudice to the damages for timber exploited as provided for in the Section below; - transfer or sale of a personal logging authorization, in contravention of Sections 42(2) and 60 above; - possession of a hunting implement within an area where hunting is forbidden; - provoking animals while on a visit to a game reserve or zoo; - contravention of the provisions on fishing as stipulated in Sections 121, 122, 131, 132 and 139 of this law; fishing without permission in an aquacultural establishment belonging to the State or to a council. "

" A fine of from 50,000frs to 200,000 CFA francs or imprisonment for up to twenty days or both such fine and imprisonment shall be imposed on whoever commits any of the following offences ; - committing a breach of the official work nprms regarding the exploitation of special forest products provided for in Section 9(2) above; - unauthorized importation or exportation of genetic material for gainful purposes, as provided for in Section 13 above; - exploitation under 1icence, ,in a communal forest, of unauthorized forest products beyond the quantity and/or period granted , in contravention of Section 56 above, without prejudice to the damages for timber exploited' as provided for under Section 159 be1ow; = transfer or sale of an exploitation licence , in contraventi6h b~ Sections 42(2) and 60 above; contravention of Section 42 above by a ho1der of an exploitation title who prevents the exploitation of products not mentioned in his exploitation title; felling, without authorization, of protected trees, in contravention of Section 43 above, without prejudice to the damages for timber exploited, as provided for ln Section 159 below; - absence of proof of self-defence within the deadline stipulated in Section 83(2) above; = contravention of the provisions on hunting as stipulated in Sections 87, 90, 91, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101 and 103 above; - hunting without a licence or permit or exceeding killing limit; contravention of the provisions on fishing stipulated in Sect ions 116, Il 7, 12 5, 1 2 7(f), (g), (h), (i), lI), 129, 130, 134 and 137 of this law. "