Forestry Act 1959

All moneys due to the Crown in respect of the sale of any forest products or quarry material or in respect of any royalty or stumpage on any forest products or quarry material got in pursuance of this Act or in respect of any loss or damage (including under section 88(2C)) to any forest products or quarry material, the property of the Crown or in respect of any other matter or thing whatsoever under this Act may be recovered by the State in any court of competent jurisdiction by action as for a debt.

All moneys owing to a plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee in relation to any loss or damage (including under section 88(2C)) to natural resource product or quarry material the property of the plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee may be recovered by the plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee in any court of competent jurisdiction by action as for a debt.

Where the liability for the payment of moneys due or owing under subsection (1) or (1A) arises by reason of, or in connection with, a contravention of this Act, such moneys shall be recoverable under this Act in relation to the conduct constituting the contravention whether proceedings in respect of that contravention are commenced or not and whether any person is convicted therefor or not.

The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in diminution of or substitution for the provisions of any other enactment of this Act.