Indian Forest Act : Power to declare forest no longer reserved. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Forest Act,1927

Act No : 16

Section : Power to declare forest no longer reserved.

27. Power to declare forest no longer reserved. (1) The State Government may, 1*** by notification in the 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.