Section 6

Proclamation by Forest Settlement-officer.

The Indian Forest Act, 1927

  • Act 16 of 1927
  • Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
About this Act

An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce.

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    When a notification has been issued under section 4, the Forest Settlement-officer shall publish in the local vernacular in every town and village in the neighbourhood of the land comprised therein, a proclamation--
         (a) specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of the proposed forest;
         (b) explaining the consequences which, as hereinafter provided, will ensue on the reservation of such forest; and
         (c) fixing a period of not less than three months from the date of such proclamation, and requiring every person claiming any right mentioned in section 4 or section 5 within such period either to present to the Forest Settlement-officer a written notice specifying or to appear before him and state, the nature of such right and the amount and particulars of the compensation (if any) claimed in respect thereof.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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