(1) This Act may be called the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.
(3) It applies to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Bihar, Bombay, Coorg, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; but the Government of any State may by notification in the Official Gazette bring this Act into force2 in the whole or any specified part of that State to which this Act extends and where it is not in force.]
STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Amendment of section 1 of Act XVI of 1927.--In section 1 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (XVI of 1927), in its application to the whole of the State of Maharashtra as provided by section 2 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"),--
(i) to sub-section (2), after the words and letter "Part B States", the words "other than the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra" shall be added;
(ii) to sub-section (3), the following proviso shall be added, namely:--
"Provided that, on the commencement of the Indian Forest (Maharashtra Unification and Amendment) Act, 1960 (Mah. VI of 1961), this Act shall be in force in the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra."
[Vide Maharashtra Act VI of 1961, s. 3]
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.
(3) It applies to the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Bihar, Bombay, Coorg, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; but the Government of any State may by notification in the Official Gazette bring this Act into force2 in the whole or any specified part of that State to which this Act extends and where it is not in force.]
STATE AMENDMENT
Maharashtra.--
Amendment of section 1 of Act XVI of 1927.--In section 1 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (XVI of 1927), in its application to the whole of the State of Maharashtra as provided by section 2 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"),--
(i) to sub-section (2), after the words and letter "Part B States", the words "other than the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra" shall be added;
(ii) to sub-section (3), the following proviso shall be added, namely:--
"Provided that, on the commencement of the Indian Forest (Maharashtra Unification and Amendment) Act, 1960 (Mah. VI of 1961), this Act shall be in force in the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra."
[Vide Maharashtra Act VI of 1961, s. 3]
Source footnotes
1. Subs. by the A.O. (No. 3) 1956, for sub-sections (2) and (3).2. This Act has beed declared to be in force in the Khondmals District by the Khondmals laws regulations, 1936 (4 of 1936), s. 3 and the Schedule.; and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), and the Schedule. This Act has been extended in its application to:--
(1) Berar (partially) by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941);
(2) The Province of Coorg, see Coorg Gazette, 1930, Pt. I, p. 94;
(3) The Delhi Province see Gazette of India, 1933, Pt. II-A, p. 293;
(4) The whole of Madhya Pradesh by Madhya Pradesh Act 23 of 1958 (when notified);
(5) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.t. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and the First Schedule;
(6) Pondicherry on 1-10-1963: vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and the First Schedule;
(7) Goa, Darnan and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and the Schedule; and
(8) the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep (w.e.f. 1-10-1967): vide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Schedule. The Act has been repealed in its application to Bellary District by Mysore Act 14 of 1955.
(9) Extended to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (31-10-2019).
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Section 2 · Interpretation clause.Section 3 · Power to reserve forests.Section 4 · Notification by State Government.Section 5 · Bar of accrual of forest-rights.Section 6 · Proclamation by Forest Settlement-officer.Section 7 · Inquiry by Forest Settlement-officer.Section 8 · Powers of Forest Settlement-officer.Section 9 · Extinction of rights.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.