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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Forest Act, 1927 Section 37

EXPROPRIATION OF FORESTS IN CERTAIN CASES

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Forest Act, 1927 Section 37 is part of Forest Act, 1927 - EXPROPRIATION OF FORESTS IN CERTAIN CASES. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) In any case under this Chapter in which the State Government considers that, in lieu of placing the forest or land under the control of a Forest-Officer, the same should be acquired for public purposes, the State Government may proceed to acquire it in the manner provided by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894(1 of 1894)-.

(2) The owner of any forest or land comprised in any notification under section 35-may, at any time not less than three or more than twelve years from the date thereof, require that such forest or land shall be acquired for public purposes, and the State Government shall acquire such forest or land accordingly.

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What does Forest Act, 1927 Section 37 provide?

Section Section 37 of the Forest Act, 1927 (EXPROPRIATION OF FORESTS IN CERTAIN CASES) is reproduced on this page as part of the Forest Act, 1927. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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