English: - (1) Every owner or occupant of a land shall, within a period of five years from the appointed day or within such extended period as the Tree Authority may specify, plant trees so as to conform to the standards prescribed by the said Tree Authority under clause (c) of section 7. (2) If in the opinion of the tree Officer the number of trees in any land is not adequate according to the standards referred to in sub-section (1), the Tree Officer may, by order giving a reasonable opportunity to the owner or occupier of the land of making representation, require him to plant such trees, or additional trees, as the case may be, and at such places in the land as may be specified in the order.
Kannada: - (1) ಭೂಮಿಯ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬ ಮಾಲೀಕನು ಅಥವಾ ಅಧಿಭೋಗದಾರನು, ಗೊತ್ತುಪಡಿಸಲಾದ ದಿನದಿಂದ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಅವಧಿಯೊಳಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮರಗಳ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯು ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸಬಹುದಾದಂಥ ವಿಸ್ತ್ರತ ಅವಧಿಯೊಳಗೆ 7ನೇ ಪ್ರಕರಣದ (ಸಿ) ಖಂಡದ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸದರಿ ಮರಗಳ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರವು ನಿಯಮಿಸಿದ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟಗಳಿಗನುಸಾರವಾಗಿರುವಂತೆ ಮರಗಳನ್ನು ನೆಡತಕ್ಕದ್ದು.