Section 27 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 – Power to declare forest no longer reserved

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Section 27: Power to declare forest no longer reserved

  • (1) The 1[State Government] may, by notification in the 2[Official Gazette], direct that, from a date fixed by such notification, any forest or any portion thereof reserved under this 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. STATE AMENDMENTS Uttar Pradesh Addition of new section 27-A.–In Chapter II of the principal Act, after section 27, the following new section shall be added, namely– “27-A. Finality of orders etc.–No act done, order made or certificate issued in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Chapter shall, except as hereinbefore provided, be called in question in any Court.” [Vide Uttar Pradesh Act XXIII of 1965, s. 12]

Source: official text of The Indian Forest Act, 1927 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.

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