Father privately opened forest land to grow ginseng (the government and forestry public security have already punished), and forestry public security and cadres in the county came to investigate again

Father privately opened forest land to grow ginseng (the government and forestry public security have already punished), and forestry public security and cadres in the county came to investigate again. Article 345, paragraph 2, whoever, in violation of the provisions of the Forest Law, wantonly cuts down forests or other trees in huge quantities shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the number is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Destruction of Forest Resources (Fa Shi [2000] No.36).

Article 5 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of the Forest Law, has one of the following circumstances, and the number is relatively large, shall be convicted and punished for the crime of deforestation in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 345 of the Criminal Law:

(a) without the approval of the administrative department of forestry and other competent departments prescribed by law, and issuing the forest cutting license, or holding the forest cutting license, but in violation of the time, quantity, tree species or methods stipulated in the forest cutting license, cutting forests or other trees owned by units or individuals without authorization;

(2) cutting forests or other trees in excess of the quota stipulated in the tree cutting license.

Before the ownership of trees is confirmed, one party to the dispute cuts down forests or other trees without authorization, and if the number is large, it shall be punished as the crime of deforestation.

Article 6 Deforestation in "large quantities" shall start with 10 to 20 cubic meters or 500 to 1000 young trees; Cutting down trees is "huge", starting from 50 to 100 cubic meters or 2500 to 5000 small trees.

Thirty-ninth "illegal felling of forests or other trees, compensation for losses according to law; The competent forestry authorities shall order the replanting of trees that have been illegally felled for dozens of times, confiscate the illegally felled trees or the proceeds from the sale, and impose a fine of more than three times and less than ten times the value of illegally felled trees. Where forests or other trees are cut down indiscriminately, the competent forestry authorities shall order them to replant trees with five times the number of trees cut down indiscriminately, and impose a fine of two to five times the value of trees cut down indiscriminately. Refuse to replant trees or replant trees that do not meet the relevant provisions of the state, the competent forestry authorities shall replant them on their behalf, and the required expenses shall be paid by the offenders. Illegal logging and deforestation of forests or other trees, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. "