Section 241(1) in The M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959
(1)If the State Government is satisfied that in order to prevent the theft of timber from any Government forest it is necessary in the public interest to regulate the felling and removal of timber in the villages comprised in any area adjoining such forests, the State Government may, by an order published in the Gazette, declare such area to be notified area for the purposes of this section.