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    The Indian Forest Act, 1927 contains 86 Sections and it deals with four

    categories of forests namely (i) Reserve Forests in Chapter II; (ii) Village
    Forests in Chapter III; (iii) Protected Forests in Chapter IV; and (iv) Non-
    Government Forests in Chapter V. Thus, the Act is wide enough to cover all
    categories of forests. Besides forests specified under the Act on a functional
    basis as reserve forests, village forests, protected forests and non-
    government forests. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was clearly one step to
    considering the importance of ecology and environmental balance. Most of
    the private forest covered under the fourth category mentioned above were
    earlier parts of estates, which have now been abolished and thus such
    forests have also become government property. The Act sought to
    consolidate the law relating To forests, the transit of forests produce and the
    duty leviable on timber and Other forest produce.

    The Act gives the State Government the authority to designate any waste or
    forest land as reserved forest and to publish a notice in the official gazette.
    The notification is null and void if it is not published in the official gazette,
    which is mandatory. No right shall be acquired in or over the land included in
    the notice following the notification under Section 4 of the Act, and prior
    individual and community rights over the forest are terminated upon such
    notification and access to the forest and forest resources. Products become a
    matter of privilege, requiring forest officials’ approval. Operating in
    accordance with the rules and laws. The Act contains a process for bringing
    lawsuits against the government to recover lost legal rights related to the
    forest.

    When the State grants a village community ownership rights over any area
    designated as reserve forest, the village woods are created. The State
    Governments establish guidelines for maintaining the village woods and
    specify the terms and circumstances for supplying the village with grazing,
    wood, and other forest products. The community may also be given
    responsibilities by the rules for maintaining and enhancing the woodlands.

    Section 30 of the Act allows the State Government to declare forest land or
    waste-land with proprietary rights as protected forests. This means that
    protected forests cannot be created from reserve forests. The Government
    must survey private rights and claims, but may declare protected areas
    pending completion. They can close forests for up to thirty years, prohibit
    certain activities such as grazing, cultivation, charcoal burning and stone
    quarrying and regulate protected forest use rights. The state government
    have been empowered to notify certain trees and forests to be protected
    forests and penalize for cutting, converting, collecting or removing produce
    without license being granted by the respective states.

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