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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Forest Act, 1963 Section 28

Power to Declare Forests No Longer Reserved Forests

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Forest Act, 1963 Section 28 is part of Forest Act, 1963 - Power to Declare Forests No Longer Reserved Forests. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The State Government may, by notification, direct that, from a date to be specified in such notification, any forest or any portion thereof constituted as reserved forest under this Act, shall cease to be a reserved forest.

1[Provided that no such notification shall be issued unless a resolution to that effect has been passed by both Houses of the State Legislature.]

2[Provided further that no such resolution shall be necessary where the proposal relates to regularisation of unauthorised occupation of any reserved forest or portion thereof, if such occupation was prior to the date of commencement of the Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Act, 1978.]

(2) From the date so specified such forest or portion shall cease to be a reserved forest but the rights, if any, which have been extinguished therein shall not revive in consequence of such cessation.

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1. Inserted by Act 23 of 1974 w.e.f. 16.9.1974.

2. Inserted by Act 15 of 1978 w.e.f. 27.4.1978.

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What does Forest Act, 1963 Section 28 provide?

Section Section 28 of the Forest Act, 1963 (Power to Declare Forests No Longer Reserved Forests) is reproduced on this page as part of the Forest Act, 1963. 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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