Section 4: Notification by Provincial Government

4. Notification by Provincial Government.___(1) Whenever it has been decided to constitute any land a reserved forest, the 3[Provincial Government] shall issue a notification4 in the 5[official Gazette]___ 1Ins. by the Indian Forest (Amdt.) Act, 1930 (XXVI of 1930), s. 2. 2Clause (4A) ins. by the Indian Forest (Amdt.) Act, 1933 (III of 1933), section. 2. 3Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”. 4See Government of N.W.F.P., Development Department Notification No. 47207-DD, dated the 21st September, 1951, published in the N.W.F.P. Govt. Gazette dated the 18th September, 1951, Pt. I, p. 285. 5Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “local official Gazette”. (a) declaring that it has been decided to constitute such land a reserved forest; (b) specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of such land; and (c) appointing an officer (hereinafter called “the Forest Settlement-officer”) to inquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of any rights alleged to exist in favour of any person in or over any land comprised within such limits or in or over any forest-produce, and to deal with the same as provided in this Chapter. Explanation.___ For the purpose of clause (b), it shall be sufficient to describe the limits of the forest by roads, rivers, ridges or other well-known or readily intelligible boundaries. (2) The officer appointed under clause (c) of sub-section (1) shall ordinarily be a person not holding any forest-office except that of Forest Settlement-officer. (3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the 1[Provincial Government] from appointing any number of officers not exceeding three, not more than one of whom shall be a person holding any forest-office except as aforesaid, to perform the duties of a Forest Settlement -officer under this Act.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

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