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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 8

Powers of Forest Settlement-officers

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Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 8 is part of Indian Forest Act, 1927 - Powers of Forest Settlement-officers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlement-officer may exercise the following powers, that is to say:

(a) power to enter, by himself or any officer authorised by him for the purpose, upon any land, and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same; and

(b) the powers of a Civil Court in the trial of suits.

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What does Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 8 provide?

Section Section 8 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Powers of Forest Settlement-officers) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian 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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