Section 8: Powers of Forest Settlement Officer

The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 5 of 1964

For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlement Officer may exercise the following powers, that is to say,—

(i) 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

(ii) the powers of a civil court in the trial of suits.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963
Section	8
Marginal note	Powers of Forest Settlement Officer
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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