Section 8 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 – Powers of Forest Settlement-officer

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Section 8: Powers of Forest Settlement-officer

For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlementofficer 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.

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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