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Powers of Gm,renment.-(1) Subject to the provisions of any rules that may be made in thi3 behalf, the Government may take such me~Lsurcs as they con~1der necessary or expedient for the purprses of securing admimhtenng, preserving and mauaging any pnvate forest, the managemtnt of which has been taken over under section 4. {2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provision contam- ed m sub-section ( l) such powers shall include the power- ( I) to cut and remove tree m the fore~t, (ii) to sell by auctiOn or otherwise the timber and other forest produce; (m) to enter mto contracts for cutting and removmg trees, (Iv) to carry on cultiVatwu, and (v) to improve tile forest by planting or otherwise