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Private forests to vest in Government.—-(1) Notwrth- standing anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, or in any contract or other document, but subject to the prov1sions of sub-sections (2) and(3), With effect on and from the appointed day, the ownership and possessiont-f all private forests in the State of Kerala shall, by virtue of this Act, stand transferred to and vested in the Government free from all encumbrances, and the right, title and interest of the owner or any other person in any private forest shall stand extinguished. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply in respect of so much extent of land comprised in private forests held by an owner under his personal cultivation as is within the ceiling limit applicable to him under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964) or any building or structure standing thereon or appurtenant thereto Explanafiom—For the purposes of this sub-section. "culti- vation" includes culmation of trees or plants of any species (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply in respect of so much extent of private forests held by an owner under a valid registered document of title executed before the appointed day and intended for cultivation by him. which. together with other lands held by him to which Chapter III of the Kerala Land Reform Act, 1963. is applicable, does not exceed the extent of the ceiling area applicable to him under section 82 of the said Act. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963, private forests shall, for the purposes of sub-section (2) or sub—section (3), be deemed to be lands to which Chapter III of the said Act is applicable. and for the purposes of calculating the ceiling limit applicable to an owner. private forests shall be deemed to be ”other dry lands" specifi- ed in Schedule II to the said Act. 4 Private forests to be deemed to be reserved forests.— All private forests vested in the Government under sub-section 3/23—16 242 (1) of section 3 shall, so long as they remain vested in the Government, be deemed to be reserved forests constituted under the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 (4 of 1962), and the pro- visions of that Act shall, so far as may be, apply to such private forests.