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(1) The1[ State Government ] may, ] may,2[ * * * ] by notification in the3[ Official Gazette ] , direct that, from a date fixed by such notification, any forest or any portion thereof reserved under the Act shall cease to be a reserved forest. ] , direct that, from a date fixed by such notification, any forest or any portion thereof reserved under the Act shall cease to be a reserved forest.
(2) From the date so fixed, such forest or portion shall cease to be reserved; but the rights (if any) which have been extinguished therein shall not revive in consequence of such cessation.
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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".
2. The words "subject to the control of the Governor-General in Council," omitted by the A.O. 1937.
3. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette".