3~State Government may invest Forest Officers wit/, certain powers.- — TIIE INDIAN FORFST ACT, 1927

2 [3~State] Government] may invest Forest Officers wit/, certain powers.- (a) power to enter upon :.:.ny l.·.nd and to survey , dem:irc.ite and make a m.->..p of the same ; (b) the power of a Civil Court to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents ~-nd material objects ; (c) power to issue a sc.~rch-w.lrrant under the 4 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973] ; and (d) power to J1old an inquiry into forest offences, and in the course of such inquiry, to receive and record evidence. Any evidence recorded under cl.iusc (d) of sub-section (]) shall be rdmissible in any subsequent trial before a Mgistrr.te , provid(;d th, , t it lias bct-n t.,ken in the presence of accused rerson. Forest Officers deemed public servants.-All Forest Officers sh.·Jl be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indiz.n Pew.I Code. Indemnity for acts done in good faith.-No suit shall lie ng; inst :., ny public servant for anything done by him 1n good faith under this Act. Forest Officers not to trade -Except with the permission in writing of the [3[State] Government], no Fuest Officer slmll, as principd or F.gent, trade in timber produce; or be or become interested in ·.ny lease of any forest or . 2 or other forest -in any contract for working any forest, wlietJ-.cr in or outside 5 y

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