In this Act, unless the context othe:-wise requires,
(l) "iotest" mcludes waste or arable land containmg trees and shrubs, pasture land and any other class of land declared by the Government to be a forest by notification in the Gazette,
(2) "owner" m relatwn to a forest mcludes a mortgagee lessee or other p~rson havmg nght to posse.;swn and enjoyment of the forest,
(3) 'person" indudes a Hmdu undivided family, a. Marumakka tbayam tarwad or thavazbi or ar. AIIyasa.nthan.1 family or branch;
( 4) "prescnbed '' means prescnbed by rulet! made under th1s Act.
4 Assumption of management of pnvate Jotests.-(1) Whenever it appears to the Government that 1t is necessary to take over the management of any private forest to which this Act applies in the Fecelved the assent oJ the Pres1dent on 22nd January 1958 and Published in the Gazette Extraordmary dated 28th January 1958 '>-· • • 45 pubhc interest or in order to secure the proper management of su cb private forest, they may pnbli!'lb a not.ificatlon to that effect in the Gazette. Copies of the notification shall be served on the person in possession of the forest and on all such persons known or beheved to be mterested tberein.
( 2) Any person on whom a notification is Rerved under sub-section
(1) may witbm 15 days of the service of tho notification object to the taking over of the management ot the forest Any other per~on interested may object to the takmg over of the management within 15 days of the publication of the notification in the Gazette. Such objections shall be m writmu and present••d tt~~ the Government in persGln or~ent by registered post.
(3) If after considering the object ion!~, if any, made under sub-sectiOn (2), the Government are satisfied that it is necest:nry to take over the management of the pnvate forest m the public mterest or in order to secure the p10per management thereof, they may, by order in wntmg, take over the management of the forest for such penoo not exceeding five yearR as may be speCifie•l m the order,1 and may make such further orders as appear to them to be necessary or expedient in connection with such taking over.