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Section 30: Constitution of village forest

The Odisha Forest Act, 1972.State Act of Odisha · Act 14 of 1972

(1) The State Government may, by notification constitute any land at their disposal to be a village forest for the benefit of any village community or group of village communities and may in like manner vary or cancel any such notification.

(2) Every such notification shall specify the limits of such village forest.

Explanation :– “Land at the disposal of Government” includes all unoccupied land, all temporarily occupied land or occupied without permission whether assessed or unassessed, and all communal forests but does not include and recorded in the name of any private person or institution in the record-of-rights in force which is prepared and maintained or is deemed to be prepared and maintained under the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1958 (Odisha Act 3 of 1959).

Where this provision sits

ActThe Odisha Forest Act, 1972.
Section30
Marginal noteConstitution of village forest
JurisdictionState of Odisha
StatusIn force as published by the source

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