Order on Strengthening Inspection and Control of Import, Trade, Possession, and Use of Chainsaws and Logging Equipment
关于加强对油锯类伐木机械及器具的进口、买卖、持有和使用进行检查管控的命令
ຄຳສັ່ງ ວ່າດ້ວຍເພີ່ມທະວີຄວາມເຂັ້ມງວດໃນການກວດກາການນຳເຂົ້າ, ການຊື້-ຂາຍ, ການມີໄວ້ຄອບຄອງອຸປະກອນເຄື່ອງມື ແລະ ການນຳໃຊ້ເຄື່ອງຈັກຕັດໄມ້ປະເພດຈັກສະຕິນ
Summary
The Governor of Sekong Province issued an order requiring strengthened inspection and control over the import, sale, possession, and use of logging machinery such as chainsaws, and centralized seizure and lawful disposal, in order to protect and restore forest resources and combat illegal logging.
Articles
Article 1
Assign the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the Provincial Department of Industry and Trade, and the mayors of the four cities to enhance initiative, inspect, centrally collect, and place under centralized management chainsaw-type logging machinery held in factories, sawmills, villages, and households, bringing them under legal regulation; under no circumstances shall chainsaws and logging supporting equipment be imported or sold. If any individual or legal entity is found to have used, imported, or sold the aforementioned equipment without permission from the relevant authorities, legal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.
Article 2
Assign the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and the mayors of the four cities to proactively coordinate with the two armed forces at the provincial and city levels (public security and national defense) and relevant departments to more strictly strengthen control, inspection and duty, tracking and surveillance, and interception of illegal logging, especially in protection forests, national reserves, and provincial and city protection forest areas. In any case, any vehicles or equipment found facilitating illegal logging, such as modified tractors, timber transport vehicles, flatbed trucks, chainsaws, etc., shall be immediately seized and confiscated, and legal liability shall be seriously pursued in accordance with the law.
Article 3
The Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry, together with the mayors of the four cities, shall serve as the lead coordinating bodies, cooperating with relevant departments to disseminate and implement this order to all relevant entities across the province and each city, and shall collaborate closely, strictly enforce it, and ensure good results in the implementation work, subsequently reporting the implementation status to higher authorities in a timely manner for their information.
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