39. For twenty years after the issue of the letters patent, an area of fifteen per cent of each lot conveyed by the Crown for colonization purposes must be kept wooded for the domestic use of the owner or occupant.
In case of contravention, the latter must pay to the Crown double timber dues.
This provision shall be inserted in the letters patent.
Failure to fulfil the conditions set forth in section 38 and in this section shall in no case involve the cancelling of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 102, s. 39.