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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 47

Procedure on Claim Preferred to Such Timber

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Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 47 is part of Indian Forest Act, 1927 - Procedure on Claim Preferred to Such Timber. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) When any such statement is presented as aforesaid, the Forest-officer may, after making such inquiry as he thinks fit, either reject the claim after according his reasons for so doing, or deliver the timber to the claimant.

(2) If such timber is claimed by more than one person, the Forest-officer may either deliver the same to any of such persons who he deems entitled thereto, or may refer the claimants to the Civil Courts, and retain the timber pending the receipt of an order from any such Court for its disposal.

(3) Any person whose claim has been rejected under this section may, within three months from the date of such rejection, institute a suit to recover possession of the timber claimed by him; but no person shall recover any compensation or costs against the1[Government], or against any Forest-officer on account of such rejection, or the detention or removal of any timber, or the delivery thereof to any other person under this section.

(4) No such limber shall be subject to process of any Civil, Criminal or Revenue Court until it has been delivered, or a suit has been brought, as provided in this section.

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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown ".

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What does Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 47 provide?

Section Section 47 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Procedure on Claim Preferred to Such Timber) 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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