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Power to declare forest no longer reserved.—(1) The 1[State Government] may, 2*** by notification in the 3[Official Gazette], direct that, from a date fixed by such notification, any forest or any portion thereof reserved under this Act shall cease to be a reserved forest. (2) From the date so fixed, such forest or portion shall cease to be reserved; but the rights (if any) which have been extinguished therein shall not revive in consequence of such cessation. CHAPTER III OF VILLAGE-FORESTS