Indian Forest Act : Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Forest Act,1927

Act No : 16

Section : Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests.

25. Power to stop ways and water-courses in reserved forests. The Forest-officer may, with the previous sanction of the State Government or of any officer duly authorized by it in this behalf, stop any pubic or private way or water-course in a reserved forest, provided that a substitute for the way or water-course so stopped, which the State Government deems to be reasonably convenient, already exists, or has been provided or constructed by the Forest-officer in lieu thereof. 16