Indian Forest Act : Powers of Forest Settlement-officer. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Forest Act,1927

Act No : 16

Section : Powers of Forest Settlement-officer.

8. Powers of Forest Settlement-officer. For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlement-officer may exercise the following powers, that is to say:-- (a) power to enter, by himself or any officer authorized 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. 11