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Protection of forests at request of owners.-( 1) The owner of any land or, 1f there be more than one owner thereof, the owners of shares therein, whether div1ded or not, amounting in the aggregate to at least two th1rds thereof, may with a view to the formation or conservation of forests thereon represeat in wnting to the Chief Conservator of Forests their desire- (a) that such land be managed on their behalf by a Forest Officer, as a Reserved Forest, on such terms as may be agreed upon ; or (b) that such land be managed, subject to the control of the Chief Conservator of Forests by a pers:m app:Jinted by themselves and approved by the Chief Conservator of Forests ; or (c) that all or any of the provisions of this Act or rules made there under be applied to such land. (2) The Government m'ly, in any such ca;e, by a notification in the Gazette, apply to such land such provuions of th1s Act as they think suitable to the circumstances thereof and as may be desired by the appltcants. Any such notificatiOn m:1y be alte1 ed or cancelled by a ltke notification.