(4) Where a person is convicted under clause (d) or (h) of sub-section(/)- — TIIE INDIAN FORFST ACT, 1927

6 [ (4) Where a person is convicted under clause (d) or (h) of sub-section(/)- (a) a Forest Officer not below the rank of a Ranger, or (b) a Police Officer not below · ··t ·the rank of n Suh-Inspector, or (c) a Revenue Officer not b<!low the rank of a Mahalkari or Tahsild'lr, may evict him from the forest or land inrel:>.tion to which he has committed the offence.] X,. Power to declare forest no longer reserved.-(/) The 1 [ 2 [State] Government] may, 7 7 · · · by· notification in the 8 [0.fficial Gazette], direct that, from a date fixed by such notific?tion, anY. forest or r.ny portion thereof reserved under this Act . s srui.U cease to be a reserved forest. portiOJ? shall cease to_~ reserved; but the rights (if an~) which have been ext1~gu1shed therein shall not revtve ID consequence (2) Fro~ the dat~ so fixed such f~rest_ or , of . s such cessatton. r. The words "Provincial Governme:1t" were substituted for the words "Local Government" by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.

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