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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, or in any judgment, decree or order of any Court, tribunal or other authority, or in any agreement or other arrangement, the Government may, with a view to preserving the tree growth in private forests or in the Cardamom Hills Reserve or in any other areas cultivated with cardamom, by notification in the Gazette, direct that no tree standing in any such area specified in the notification shall be cut, uprooted or burnt except on the ground that- (a) the tree constitutes a danger to life or property; or (b) the tree is dead, diseased or windfallen. (2) No person shall, without the previous permission in writing of the authorised officer, cut, uproot or burn, or cause to be cut, uprooted or burnt, any tree in any area specified in the notification under sub-section (1) on any of the grounds specified therein. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "private forest" means any land which immediately before the 10th day of May, 1971, was a private forest as defined in the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971.