Section 3(1) in The Gujarat Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1973
(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in any settlement, grant, agreement, usage, custom or any decree or any order of any Court, Tribunal or any authority or any other document, with effect on and from the appointed day, all private forests in the State of Gujarat shall vest, free from all encumbrances, in, and shall be deemed to be, with all rights in or over the same appertaining thereto, the property of the State Government, and all rights, title and interest of the owner or any person other than the Government subsisting in any such forest on the said day shall be deemed to have been extinguished.
