Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Provincial Government may impose in the prescribed manner on an acreage basis a cess on all private forests within a notified area with effect from such date, not being· before the expiry of ten years from the date of publi- cation of a notifiGation under section 3, as the said Govern- ment may appoint. (2) Such cess shall be so calculated as to yield a sum not greater than that which is sufficient to meet the cost of the H,egional Forest-oflicer and his staff, including any expenses incurred in connection with their work to be determined in he prescribed manner. (3) I£ the Regional Forest-officer or his staff does any work in connection with a Government forest, a proportionate deduction shall be made from the cost of such· Regional :Forest-officer and 0£ his staff before the cess is cal:culated under sub-section (2). (4) Ivery cess imposea'aer sub-section (1) shall be recoverable as a public demand under the Bengal Public Beu. Act Demands Recovery .A.ct, 1913. · III of