The Indian Forest Act, 1927
CHAPTER II: OF RESERVED FORESTS
Section 9: Extinction Of Rights
Bare Act
Rights in respect of which no claim has been preferred under section 6 and of the existence of which no knowledge has been acquired by inquiry under section 7, shall be extinguished, unless, before the notification under section 20 is published, the person claiming them satisfies the Forest Settlement - officer that he had sufficient cause for not preferring such claim within the period fixed under section 6.
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If someone has rights to use the forest but didn't make a claim when they we
Explanation using examples
Imagine a villager, Ramesh, who has been traditionally collecting firewood from a forest near his village. The government decides to declare
