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Whenever it appears to the Provincial Government that, any land is required ·for any of the purposes of this Act, such land shall be deemed to be needed for a public purpose mithin the meaning of section 4 of the Land Acqui- 1of?8%- sition Act, 1894. (2) When any such money· is payable for or in respect of any forest-produce, the amount thereof shall be deemed to be a first charge on such produce, and such produce may be taken posssession of by a Regional Forest-officer until such amount has been paid. (3} H such amount is not paid when due, the Regional Forest-officer may sell such produce in the prescribed man- ner, and aftgr payment of the costs of the sale the proceeds thereo£ shall be applied first in discharging such amount. (4) The surplus, if any, ii:not claimed within one year from the date of the sale by the person entitled thereto, shall be forfeited to the Crown. 60, (1) All money payable to a Regional Forest-officer under this Act or under any rule made under this Act, other than money payable in respect of the cost of management of a vested forest, and all money payable to such officer on account of the price of any forest-produce or on account of expenses incurred in the execution of this Act in respect of such produce shall, if not paid hen due, be recorerable as a public demand under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913. . CHAPTER VIL , MISCELLANEOUS. ·