The Indian Forest Act, 1927
CHAPTER II: OF RESERVED FORESTS
Section 8: Powers Of Forest Settlement-Officer
Bare Act
For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlement Officer may exercise the following powers, that is to say:
- 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
- the powers of a Civil Court in the trial of suits.
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Imagine a situation where the government has decided to designate a certain area as a new forest reserve. The Forest Settlement Officer,
