management of wildlife therein, authorises the issue of such permit. Section 2(f) of the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 defines forest produce to include the following when found in, or brought from, a forest, that is to say (a) trees and leaves, flowers and fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbefore mentioned, of trees; (b) plants not being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds and moss) and all parts or produce of such plants; and (c) silk cocoons, honey and wax; (d) peat, surface soil, rock and minerals (including limestone, laterite, mineral oils and all products of mines or quarries. The word forest has not been defined in the Forest Act. Forest has been defined in the Kerala Forest Produce (Fixation of Selling Price) Act, 1978 to mean any "reserved forest" within the meaning of the Kerala Forest Act 1961, including any forest vested in the Government under Section 3 of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971. Another definition for the term "forest" is available in the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003, wherein "forest" is defined to mean any land principally covered with naturally grown trees and undergrowth and including any forests statutorily recognised and declared as reserved forest, protected forest or otherwise, but does not include any land which is used principally for the cultivation of crops of long duration such
