No person may cut, disturb, damage or destroy any forest produce in, or remove or receive any forest produce from, a protected area, except -
(a) in terms of the rules made for the proper management of the area in terms of section 11(2)(b);
(b) in the course of the management of the protected area by the responsible organ of State or person;
(c) in terms of a right of servitude;
(d) in terms of the authority of a licence granted under section 7(4) or 23;
(e) in terms of an exemption under section 7(1)(b)(ii) or 24(6); or
(f) in the case of a protected area on land outside a State forest, with the consent of the registered owner or by reason of another right which allows the person concerned to do so, subject to the prohibition in section 7(1).
