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Grants and leases to whzch Act app!zes.-This Act shall apply J to all grants and leases of lands made or granted by or on behalf <..f the former State ofTravancorc or Cochin for cultivatiOn, which contain all or any of the following terms and conditions, namely :- (a) the grantees or lessees may appropriate for their own use all trees stand1ng on the land t>xcept teak, blackwood, ebony, karumthali and sandalwood or any twa or more of those categoril s, subject to payment of seigniorage at the rates spwfied in the grant or lease deed in respect of the timber taken out of the land ; (b) a fine shall be pard when timber ts extracted in violation of the grant or Jea~e deed : (c) no timber nghts are reserved for the Government and the grantees or lessees can appropriate the timber standing on the land without any restriction or limitatiOn ; (d) certain categories of tr("es like ebony, teak and blackwood ITiay be feUed and removed by the Government wirhin a specified period failing which they shall become the property of the grantee or lessee on payment of royalty, kuzhikanam or fee at a nominal rate specified in the grant or lease deed ; (e) ttghts of the Government to the trees standmg on the land are fully teserved, the lessees are prohibited lrom cutting those trees without prior permission of the Government and they are liable for payment of the value of the timber when the trees are cut and removed ; (f) tree value at a nommal rate has to be paid when the land in cleared ; and (g) the grantee or lessee is not liable to pay a<.y assessment or rent cr he is liable to pay only nominal assessment or rent for the grant or the lease, as the case may be. .... 171 fl Powers of Collector. -The Collector shall for the purpose of exercising any power conferred by or under thi<> Act, hav ... all the powers of a civil court while trymg a suit under th'! Cllde ot Civil Proc'!dure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) receiving evidence on affidavit; (d) issuing commissions for the e.xamination of Witnesses or for local mvestigation; (e) inspectmg any property or thing concerning which any decision has to be taken; and (f) any other matter which may be prescribed. 9 Jlar of suztr - No civil court shall have jurisdiction to dectde or deal with nny question or to determine any matter which is, by or under this Act, rtquired to be decided or dealt with or to be determined by the Gov<'rnment or th'! Collector or any other officer.