Section 23: No right acquired over reserved forest, except as here provided

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23. No right acquired over reserved forest, except as here provided.—No right of any description shall be acquired in or over a reserved forest except by succession or under a grant or contract in writing made by or 4[on behalf of the Government] or some person in whom such right was vested when the notification under section 20 was issued.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

Related sections

Section 22: Power to revise arrangement made under section 15 or section 18 Section 24: Rights not to be alienated without sanction Section 21: Publication of translation of such notification in neighborhood of forest Section 25: Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests Section 20: Notification declaring forest reserved Section 26: Acts prohibited in such forests

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