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Power of Govmzment to redefine the limits of Reserved Forests in certam caJes .-(I) Where the description of the lim1ts of any Reserved Forest notified under sectiOn 19 1s defective or IS not clear m reference to existmg facts, the Government may, by notificatiOn in the Gazette, declare their intention to redefine the limits of such Reserved Forest so as to remove the defect or to make the descnptwn clear in reference to ex1,ting facts. Such notification shall spec1fy as nearly as possible the correctwns which 1t 1s proposed to effect to the lim1ts of the Reserved Forest, (2) On the issue of a notification under sub-section (I), the Divis10nal Forest Officer shall publish m the Gazette and in such other mdnnei as may be presc1ibed by rule~ m..tde in that behalf, a notice- (a) specifying the corrections proposed by the notification under ~ub-sectwn (I); and (b) stating that any objections which may be made in writing to the Divisional Forest Officer within a penod of thirty days from the date of publication of the notice will be considered by him. } (3) After the expiry of the period referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (2) and after considering the objectiOns, if any, received by h1m, the DivisiOnal Forest Officer shall submit to the Government ' I • 25 through the Chief Conservator of Forests the record of the proceedings held by him together with a report thereon. (4) The Government may, after considering the report so sub- mitted and the remarks, if any, of the Chief Conservator of Fore~ts, by notificatiOn m the Gazette redefine the hm1t of the Reserved Forest, as proposed by the notification under sub-sect10n (I) w1th such modifica- tions as they think fit or without any modifications. (5) Save as provided in th1s section, it shall not be necessary to follow the procedure laid down in sections 4 to 18 before issuing a notification under sub-section ( 4).