Section 6:
Proclamation by Forest Settlement-officer.
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.