Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Management of forests the joint property of 1[Government] and other persons.—(1) If the 1[Government] and any person be jointly interested in any forest or waste-land, or in the whole or any part of the produce thereof, the 2[State Government] may either— (a) undertake the management of such forest, waste-land or produce, accounting to such person for his interest in the same; or (b) issue such regulations for the management of the forest, waste-land or produce by the person so jointly interested as it deems necessary for the management thereof and the interests of all parties therein. (2) When the 2[State Government] undertakes under clause (a) of sub-section (1) the management of any forest, waste-land or produce, it may, by notification in the 3[Official Gazette] , declare that any of the provisions contained in Chapters II and IV shall apply to such forest, waste-land or produce, and thereupon such provisions shall apply accordingly.