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Investing Forest Olfzcers wzth powers.-The Government may invest'anv Forest Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Conservat01 ofFor~sts' wtth all 01 any of the following powers, and may withdraw the same:- (a) power to enter upon any land and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same , (b) powers of a Forest Settlement Officer; • (c) powers of a Civtl Court to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents ; A (d) power to hold inqumes mto forest offences and, m the course of such inquiries, to recetve and record evtdence and to issue search- warrants which may be executed in the manner provided by the Code of Crimmal Procedure, 1898; (e) power to a<.cept compensatton fm forest offences under s~ction 68 of thiS Act Any evidence recotded undet clause (d) of thiS sectton shall be admissible m any subsequent trial of the alleged offender before a MagiStrate ; provtded that 1t has been taken in the presence of the accused person and 1 ecorded m the manner provided by the Code of Criminal P10cedure, 1898.