Section 12
Order on claims to rights of pasture or to forest-produce.
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.
In the case of a claim to rights of
pasture or to forest-produce, the Forest Settlement-officer shall pass an order admitting or rejecting the
same in whole or in part.
STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Amendment of section 12 of Act XVI of 1927.--Section 12 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section, and after the sub-section so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :--
"(2) A copy of the order passed under sub-section (1) shall be furnished to the claimant by the Forest Settlement Officer, and another copy of that order shall be forwarded to the Forest Officer who attended the inquiry, or if no such Officer attended, to the Divisional Forest Officer.".
[Vide Maharashtra Act VI of 1961, s. 6]
STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Amendment of section 12 of Act XVI of 1927.--Section 12 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section, and after the sub-section so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :--
"(2) A copy of the order passed under sub-section (1) shall be furnished to the claimant by the Forest Settlement Officer, and another copy of that order shall be forwarded to the Forest Officer who attended the inquiry, or if no such Officer attended, to the Divisional Forest Officer.".
[Vide Maharashtra Act VI of 1961, s. 6]