The 1[State Government] may, by notification in the 19[Official Gazette],--
(a) declare any trees or class of trees in a protected forests to be reserved from a date fixed by the notification;
(b) declare that any portion of such forest specified in the notification shall be closed for such term, not exceeding thirty years, as the 1[State Government] thinks fit, and that the rights of private persons, if any, over such portion shall be suspended during such term, provided that the remainder of such forest be sufficient, and in a locality reasonably convenient, for the due exercise of the rights suspended in the portion so closed; or
(c) prohibit, from a date fixed as aforesaid, the quarrying of stone, or the burning of lime or charcoal, or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process, or removal of, any forestproduce in any such forest, and the breaking up or clearing for cultivation, for building, for herding cattle or for any other purpose, of any land in any such forest.
(a) declare any trees or class of trees in a protected forests to be reserved from a date fixed by the notification;
(b) declare that any portion of such forest specified in the notification shall be closed for such term, not exceeding thirty years, as the 1[State Government] thinks fit, and that the rights of private persons, if any, over such portion shall be suspended during such term, provided that the remainder of such forest be sufficient, and in a locality reasonably convenient, for the due exercise of the rights suspended in the portion so closed; or
(c) prohibit, from a date fixed as aforesaid, the quarrying of stone, or the burning of lime or charcoal, or the collection or subjection to any manufacturing process, or removal of, any forestproduce in any such forest, and the breaking up or clearing for cultivation, for building, for herding cattle or for any other purpose, of any land in any such forest.
Source footnotes
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".2. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette".
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Section 1 · Short title and extent.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.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.