forest
produce from protected forests; the granting of licences to
persons felling or removing trees or timber or other forest
produce from such forest ... Forests' mean and include those
forests which are defined and stated as demarcated forests
in the Forests Settlement of Bushahr State viz., Forest
Settlement
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971
KERALA
India
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971
Act 26 of 1971
Published ... said Act. 4. Private Forests to be deemed to be reserved forests.
- All private forests vested in the Government under sub-section (1) of section
State including forest and non-forest land is to
be dealt with. Thus, Rule 41 of the KUZALR Rules clearly
applies to forest lands ... Private Forests Act, 1948 . It is to be noticed that the Indian
Forest Act, 1927 and the UP Private Forests Act, 1948 that
deal broadly
State of Maharashtra/Deputy Conservator of Forest, Thane Forest Division stating the lands were affected by the Private Forest Act as they are "private ... Forests, Thane Forest Division and he requested the Municipal Corporation to inform him about the permission granted for the activities other than forest in certain
provided as follows :
"4. Private forests to be deemed to be reserved forests-
All private forests vested in the Government under sub-
section ... trespassing into the
private forests, large numbers of settlers of the poor
classes have clear-felled the forests including dense forest
areas and have cultivated
SCALE (1)689
ACT:
Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act,
1971 : Sections 2(f)(1)(i)(C) , 3(1) and (2): 'Private ... Section 2(47)(iv) : Scope and meaning ac-
corded to 'Private Forest'--Held inapplicable to Kerala
Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment
private forest or waste-land held under the control of a Forest Officer under section 36 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, immediately before ... Regional Forest Officer under the provisions of this Act applicable to a vested forest and shall be deemed to be a vested forest
involved
in this petition is "forest" and deemed reserved forest under
the provisions of Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition)
Act, 1975 [herein after referred ... Forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927
[herein after referred to as IF Act, 1927 ].
3. I say that Section 2(f) of the Forests
forest for management.
- The Forest Officer may, with a view to the more efficient management of the forests, order that the private protected forests ... private protected forest belongs to such forest, such trees, timber or other forest produce shall be presumed to`belong to such forest until the contrary
preservation of a forest or forests they may by notification [xxx] [The words and letters 'in the Forest St. George Gazette' were omitted by section ... preservation of such forest or forests; (ii) regulate the exercise of customary prescriptive rights in such forest or forests. 6A. [ Applicability of Chapter VII Tamil
