Protection of forests for special purposes.
The 1State Government may, by notification in the 2Official Gazette, regulate or prohibit in any forest or waste-land a the breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation b the pasturing of cattle or c the firing or clearing of the vegetation when such regulation or prohibition appears necessary for any of the following purposes i for protection against storms, winds, rolling stones, floods and avalanches ii for the preservation of the soil on the ridges and slopes and in the valleys of hilly tracts, the prevention of landslips or of the formation of ravines, and torrents, or the protection of land against erosion, or the deposit thereon of sand, stones or gravel iii for the maintenance of a water-supply in springs, rivers and tanks iv for the protection of roads, bridges, railways and other lines of communication v for the preservation of the public health.
a the breaking up or clearing of land for cultivation
b the pasturing of cattle or
c the firing or clearing of the vegetation when such regulation or prohibition appears necessary for any of the following purposes i for protection against storms, winds, rolling stones, floods and avalanches ii for the preservation of the soil on the ridges and slopes and in the valleys of hilly tracts, the prevention of landslips or of the formation of ravines, and torrents, or the protection of land against erosion, or the deposit thereon of sand, stones or gravel iii for the maintenance of a water-supply in springs, rivers and tanks iv for the protection of roads, bridges, railways and other lines of communication v for the preservation of the public health.
for protection against storms, winds, rolling stones, floods and avalanches
for the preservation of the soil on the ridges and slopes and in the valleys of hilly tracts, the prevention of landslips or of the formation of ravines, and torrents, or the protection of land against erosion, or the deposit thereon of sand, stones or gravel
for the maintenance of a water-supply in springs, rivers and tanks
for the protection of roads, bridges, railways and other lines of communication
for the preservation of the public health.
The 1State Government may, for any such purpose, construct at its own expense, in or upon any forest or waste-land, such work as it thinks fit.
No notification shall be made under sub-section 1 nor shall any work be begun under sub-section 2 , until after the issue of a notice to the owner of such forest or land calling on him to show cause, within a reasonable period to be specified in such notice, why such notification should not be made or work constructed, as the case may be, and until his objections, if any, and any evidence he may produce in support of the same, have been heard by an officer duly appointed in that behalf and have been considered by the 1State Government. State Amendments
Such repeal shall not affect anything done or suffered or any obligation or liability accrued or any proceedings commenced before the commencement of this Act.
Any private forest or waste-land held under the control of a Forest-officer under section 36 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, on such commencement, notwithstanding the repeal of the said section, continue to be so held under the control of a Regional Forest-officer under the provisions of this Act applicable to a vested forest and shall be deemed to be a vested forest for the purpose of this Act.
All lands which immediately before the commencement of this Act were being managed as a reserved or protected forest under the provisions of section 38 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 shall, on such commencement, notwithstanding the repeal of the said section continue to be managed under the provisions of section 59 of this Act as a vested forest subject to such terms as may have been mutually agreed upon between the owner or owners of such lands and the Collector, and the application made under sub-section 1 of the said section 38 by the owner or owners of any such land shall be deemed to be an application made under the said section 59.