(1) The employee deputed to the protection of the Forest may shoot the offender under the knee in case a situation is occurred that any person obstructs within or outside the Forest Area to arrest the offender who is involved in the offences under this Act or any person assists the offender to make him/her escape even after his/her arrest and in the event without using the weapon his/her life is endangered in the course of apprehending the offender.
(2) The District Forest Officer or a Forest Officer or Forest Assistant designated by him/her may remove the harvest or dismantle the house or hut and confiscate the harvest irrespective of the fact that the land within the National Forest was cultivated or a house or hut was built-up on such land.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (2), the provision stipulated in that Sub-section shall not affect the penalty to be imposed under this Act.