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(1) This Act may be called the Madras Preservation of Private of Forests Act, 1949. (2) It applies- (i) to private forests in the districts of Malabar and South Kanara having a contiguous area exceeding 100 acres [xxxx] [Explanation.- Nothing in this clause shall be deemed to apply to any land which was brought under fugitive or other cultivation prior to the 14th December, 1949 by an owner or any person claiming under him;] (ii) to forests situated in estates as defined in the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908 (Madras Act I of 1908) in the [Malabar District] (iii) to private forests situated in other areas in the [Malabar District] and having a contiguous area exceeding 100 acres which may be declared by the [State] Government to be forests for the purposes of this Act by notification in the [Kerala Government Gazette], but does not apply to reserved forests constituted under the Madras Forest Act, 1882 (Madras Act V of 1882) and lands at the disposal of the Government as defined in that Act. [Explanation.- A private forest exceeding 100 acres in extent shall not cease to be such by reason only of the fact that, in a portion thereof, trees or shrubs are felled with or without the permission of the District Collector, or lands are cultivated, or rocks, roads, tanks, rivers or the like exist; nor shall the area of such forest cease to be contiguous by reason only of the existence of all or any of the aforesaid circumstances.] (3) It shall come into force at once and shall remain in force up to and inclusive of the [31st December, 1967]. (4) Upon the expiry of this Act, the provisions of Section 8 of the Madras General Clauses Act, 1891 (Madras Act I of 1891) shall apply as if this Act had then been repealed by a Madras Act. The words "and owned by a single person or by more than one person jointly" omitted by S.2(a) of the Madras Preservation of Private Forests (Second Amendment) Act, 1954 (Madras Act XVIII of 1954). Added by ibid. Substituted for the words "State of Madras" by the Kerala Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956. Substituted for the word "Provincial" by ibid. Substituted for the words "Fort St.George Gazette" by the Kerala Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956. Added by S.2(b) of the Madras Preservation of Private Forests (Second Amendment) Act, 1954 (Madras Act XVIII of 1954).