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Sandalwood oil is wood oil within section 2 of Kerala Forest Act, 1961. It is a forest produce. The word “wood oil” used in the Act will require purposive interpretation drawing the context in which the words are used and its meaning will have to be discovered having regard to the intention and object which legislature seeks to subserve. The purposive interpretation would aid conservation of sandalwood, a valuable forest wealth, prevent illicit felling and transportation of them and makes the manufacturers of sandalwood oil accountable to the possession of sandalwood trees or chips or roots etc. The Legislature does not intend to restrict the word ‘wood oil’ nor are there any compelling circumstances in the Act to give a restricted meaning that only oil derived from Dipterocarpus trees would be wood oil. The literal interpretation if given acceptance would lead to manifest frustration of the purpose of the Act.
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