Section 6: Powers of Gm,renment

(1) Subject to the provisions of any rules that may be made in thi3 behalf, the Government may take such me~Lsurcs as they con~1der necessary or expedient for the purprses of securing admimhtenng, preserving and mauaging any pnvate forest, the managemtnt of which has been taken over under section 4.

{2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provision contam­ ed m sub-section ( l) such powers shall include the power- ( I) to cut and remove tree m the fore~t,

(ii) to sell by auctiOn or otherwise the timber and other forest produce;

(m) to enter mto contracts for cutting and removmg trees, (Iv) to carry on cultiVatwu, and

(v) to improve tile forest by planting or otherwise