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The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016

Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016

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Summary

An Act to establish a National Compensatory Afforestation Fund and a State Fund in each State and Union territory, to credit them with monies recovered from user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, net present value and related amounts, and to constitute a National Authority and State Authorities to manage and utilise those funds. All 33 sections across six chapters are modelled; the Act has no schedules.

Record details

Act number: 38 of 2016
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Status: In force
Enacted: 3 Aug 2016
Commenced: 30 Sept 2018
Source record: 123456789/496030
Locator: Act record

Source record

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 — India Code record
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Official portalAct recordRecord 123456789/496030
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24 Oct 2026
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Fetched from India Code on 24 October 2026. The record identifies Act 38 of 2016 and dates it 3 August 2016. Its enforcement-date metadata says 30 September 2017, but the Act's own footnote records 30 September 2018 through S.O. 3967(E), dated 13 August 2018; the official text is followed. The record has not had a separate legal review.

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The India Code item metadata records 30 September 2017 as the Act's enforcement date.
Corpus records
The Act record uses 30 September 2018 as the commencement date.
The Act's own footnote to section 1(3) records 30 September 2018, appointed by S.O. 3967(E), dated 13 August 2018. The official text is followed rather than the portal metadata.
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Related records

Act 38 of 2016, dated 3 August 2016. Section 1(3) leaves commencement to notification; S.O. 3967(E), dated 13 August 2018, appointed 30 September 2018, as the Act's own footnote records. The India Code record's enforcement-date metadata says 30 September 2017; the official text is followed. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30 October 2019, made the Act applicable to the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.