Section 27: Power to declare forest no longer reserved

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27. Power to declare forest no longer reserved.___(1) The 1[Provincial Government] may, 3[* * *] by notification4 in the 5[official Gazette], direct that, from a date fixed by such notification, any forest or any portion thereof reserved under the Act shall cease to be a reserved forest. (2) From the date so fixed, such forest or portion shall cease to be reserved, but the rights (if any) which have been extinguished therein shall not revive in consequence of such cessation. CHAPTER III OF VILLAGE-FORESTS

Effective date: 1927-01-01

Related sections

Section 26: Acts prohibited in such forests Section 28: Formation of village-forests Section 25: Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests Section 29: Protected forests Section 24: Rights not to be alienated without sanction Section 30: Power to issue notification reserving trees, etc

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