§183-17  Timber trespass in forest reserves. The cutting, killing, destroying, girdling, chopping, injuring, or otherwisedamaging, or the removal of any timber, young tree growth, or products of treegrowth on lands in the forest reserves belonging to the State, except asauthorized by law or by permission from the department of land and naturalresources, is prohibited. [L 1919, c 83, §1; RL 1925, §595; RL 1935, §184; RL1945, §1019; RL 1955, §19-8; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §1;HRS §183-17; am L 1988, c 337, §6]