Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Whenever it appears to the Government that it is necessary to take over the management of any private forest in the public interest or in order to secure the proper management of it, they may publish a notice to that effect in the Fort St. George Gazette. Such notice shall state within that any objections or suggestions which may be received by the Government within a period to be specified in the notice will be considered by them. Copies of the notice shall served on the owner or any other person in possession of the private forest. (2) After expiry of the period specified in the notice under sub-section (1) and after considering such objections and suggestions as may be received before such expiry, the Government may, by notification, declare that the management of the private forest shall be taken over by the Government from such date, and for such period not exceeding ten years, as may be specified in the notification (3) On and from the date specified in the notification under sub-section (2), the management of the private forest shall vest in the Government and the Collector or any officer authorized by him in this behalf may, after removing any obstruction that may be offered, forthwith enter upon and take possession of the private forest and all accounts, registers, maps, plans and other documents relating to the private forest which the Government may require for the management thereof. (4) Copies of the notification under sub-section (2) shall be served in such manner as may be prescribed on the owner or any other person in possession of the private forest. 4.(1) Where the management of any private forest has been taken over under section 3, so long as such management remains vested in the Government- (a) All rights and interests created in or over the private forest by the owner or any person interested in the private forest shall not be enforceable against the Government; (b) The owner or any person interested in the private forest any person having any claim against the private forest or the forest produce shall not be entailed to the rents and profits (including the forest produce) accruing there from during the period of such management but shall be entitled only to the compensation as provided in section 7; (c) Such private forest shall not be liable to be proceeded against in any manner whatsoever in execution of any decree or order of any Court or other authority and any attachment or Injunction or order for the appointment of a receiver in respect of such private forest subsisting on the date of taking over of such management shall cases to have effect; and No claim of any person in respect of such private forest shall be enforced by any court whether in execution of decree or otherwise against the Government or against any person holding such private forest under the Government; Certain consequences of taking over of management by Government Power of the Government