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Whenever it is proposed to constitute any land a reserved forest, the Local Government may publish a notification in the local official Gazette-- (a) declaring that it is proposed to constitute such land a reserved forest; (b) specifying the limits of such forest; and (c) appointing an officer (hereinafter called "the Forest-Settlement-officer") to inquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of any rights alleged to exist in favour of any person in or over any land comprised within such limits, or in or over any forest-produce, and to deal with the same as provided in this chapter, Explanation 1.--For the purpose of clause (b) of this section, it shall he sufficient to describe the limits of the forest by roads, rivers, ridges or other well-known or readily intelligible boundaries. The officer appointed under clause (c) of this section shall ordinarily be a person not holding any forest-office except that of Forest-Settlement-officer. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Local Government from appointing any number of officers not exceeding three, not more than one of whom shall be a person holding any forest-office except as aforesaid, to perform the duties of a Forest-Settlement-officer under this Act.