Section 1
[ (5A) Where a notice issued under sub-section (3) hr-,s been se1 ved on the owner of a forest in aceordance with sub -section (6), any person acquirinF, thereafter the right of ownership of that forest shall be bound by the notice as if it had been served on him as an owner and he shall accordingly comply with the notice, requisition and ·n ·notification, if any, issued under this section.]
1 [ (5A) Where a notice issued under sub-section (3) hr-,s been se1 ved on the owner of a forest in aceordance with sub -section (6), any person acquirinF, thereafter the right of ownership of that forest shall be bound by the notice as if it had been served on him as an owner and he shall accordingly comply with the notice, requisition and ·n ·notification, if any, issued under this section.]
(6) Any person contra vening any requisition m'ide under sub-section (4) in a
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notice to show cause why 'l notification under sub-section :..I) should not be made shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine, or with botr, r, .J
. [ (7) Any person contravening ,·.ny of the provision of a notification issued under sub-section(/) shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may exte11d to six months, or with fine, or with both.)
· 3 [3o. Power to assume management of forests.-(}) In case of negle1;t of, or
if wilful -disobedience to, any regul"ltion. or prohibition, under $ect_ _ g
ion 35, or if the purposes or any work to be constructed under that sec_tion so require, the 4[ 5[State] Government] may, after notice in writing to the owner of such forest 6 .,. a nd after considering his objections, if any place the same under the control of a Forest Officer and may declare that all or any of the provisions of this Act reLting to reserved 7 [or protected] forests shall apply to such forests 6 ..
(Z) The net profits 1 if any, arising from the marugcment of such forest 6 .. shall be paid to the said owner.
· 8 {36A. Manner of serving notice and order under section 36 .-The notice referred to in sub-section (I) of section 36 ':Ind the ord~r, if any, made placing a forest under the cantrol of a Forest Officer shall be served on the owner of such forest in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for the service of summons.
· ·36B. Period oj control.-(]) Ti1e period of such control of :rny forest shall be for ten years from the date of the order aforesaid; but such period m,1.y thereafter be extended for successive ~riods of not more than ten ye'¾rs each:
Provided that the period of such control shall not in the aggreg'.lte exceed 30 years from the d'lte of the order. · .
(Z) The Forest Officer, under whose control the forest is placed, shall not. later than six months before the expiry of any period, referred to in sub-section (J), make a report regarding such control and shall state therein whether in his opinion, any period of control should be extended.
(3) After considering any such report and sutlject to sub-section (1) , the State Government shall decide whether to extend any period of control or whether to terminate it in the manner provided in ·t ·t ·the next ·succeeding section.
· (4) No period of control shall b~ extended unless the owner ha s been given reasonable opportunity of showing cause against such extension.
·36C. Termination of control.-(]) If the State Government decides to terminate any period of control of any forest, it shall, by order published in the Official Gazette a nd in such other manner as m'.ly be prescribed by rules, so declare; and
i · This sub-section was inserted by Mah. 6 of 1961 , s. 9 (ii) .