Section 27: Power to declare forest no longer reserved.
The Indian Forest Act, 1927Central Act · Act 16 of 1927
(1) The [State Government] may, 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.
STATE AMENDMENTS
Uttar Pradesh
Addition of new section 27-A.--In Chapter II of the principal Act, after section 27, the following new section shall be added, namely--
"27-A. Finality of orders etc.--No act done, order made or certificate issued in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Chapter shall, except as hereinbefore provided, be called in question in any Court."