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Presen•ation of private forests.-( 1) No owner of any private forest shall, without the prevwus sanction of the District Collector, sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise alienate the whole or any portion of the private forest. Explanation.-Nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as preventing the owner from selling or otherwise dealing with the right 1o gather and remove forest produce other than trees, timber, reeds, charcoal, wild ammals and skms, tusks, horns, bones, and other parts or produce of such animals, in the usual or customary manner, for a penod not exceeding two years. (2) Any alienation in contra"ention of sub- section (1) shall be null and void. -1--r ' 51 (3) No owner of any private forest and no person claiming under him, whether by virtue of a contrF~ct, licence or any other transaction entered into before or after the commencement of this Act or any other person shall, without the previou~ perm1ssion of the District Collector~ cut trees from, or cu1th·ate, the pri\·ate forest or do any act likely to denude the private forest or alter the nature of the forest or diminish its utility as a forest. (4) Notwithstanding anythmg contamed 111 sub- section (1) or sub-sectiOn (3), the GO\ ernrnent may exempt any private forest or class of private l orests or class of trees therein from all or any of the provisions of this section. •