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Where no Revenue Officer has been appointed to hear appeals under section 14, 1Government shall, from time to time, as occasion may arise, appoint a Forest Court to hear such appeals. The court shall consist of three members, of whom. One shall be the Judge of the Court of any district in which any portion of the land, the rights in or over which are in dispute, is situated, or the officer presiding in the principal Civil Court of Original Jurisdiction of such district; Another shall be Collector of any such district or an officer of the Revenue Department of not less than 12 years standing; And the third member shall be a person specially selected by the 2Government, not holding an office of profit in the service of the Government. The Judge appointed to be the President