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Short title, extent and commencement. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose. Constitution of Advisory Committee. Power to make rules. Repeal and saving. BN ol THE FOREST (CONSERVATION) ACT, 1980 AcT NO. 69 OF 1980 [27th December, 1980.] An Act to provide for the conservation of forests and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—