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Lun on forest produce }01 such moneJ•.-When any such moner is payable for, or m respect of any fmest produce, the amount thereof shall be deemed to be a first charge on •uch produce, and tf such amount be not paid when due, such produce may be taken pos~ession of by or undet the autho11ty of a Forest Officer not below tbe 1 ank of an Assistant Comet vator of Forests and may be retained unttl such amount ha~ been pa1d, or such Forest Officer may sell ~uch produce by public auction and the p10ceeds of the sale shall be applied fir~t in dischargmg such amount The surplus, tf any, tf not claimed by the pet son entitled theteto withm six months from the date of the sale, shall be forfeited to the Government.