8. Cognizance of offences.–No court shall take cognizance of any offence under section 7 unless any forest dwelling Scheduled Tribe in case of a dispute relating to a resolution of a Gram Sabha or the Gram Sabha through a resolution against any higher authority gives a notice of not less than sixty days to the State Level Monitoring Committee and the State Level Monitoring Committee has not proceeded against such authority. CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Forest rights of Forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other tradional forest dwellers.Section 4 · Recognition of, and vesting of, forest rights in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.Section 5 · Duties of holders of forest rights.Section 6 · Authorities to vest forest rights in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers and procedure thereof.Section 7 · Offences by members or officers of authorities and Committees under this Act.Section 9 · Members of authorities, etc., to be public servants.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 20 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.