(1) If the State Government thinks it fit to do so in the public interest, it may in respect of any area which in its opinion is fit to be a Wild Life Sanctuary, issue a proclamation in the Official Gazette—
(a) stating that in its opinion, the area is fit to be a Wild Life Sanctuary and that the State Government intends to acquire such area for establishing a Wild Life Sanctuary;
(b) specifying as nearly as possible the situation and the limits of such area.
(2) -Upon the issue of such a proclamation,—
(a) no person shall cut down any tree or vegetation or clear any forest or jungle or hunt any wild animal within such area;
(b) an officer of Government generally or specially empowered in this behalf may enter upon such land with workmen and other suitable persons and make surveys and measurements, dig and bore into the soil or sub-soil or mark out boundaries by cutting trenches or ditches, or setting up hedges, fences, railings, walls or pillars as may be necessary.
(3) After a period of at least three months from the date of such proclamation, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the area to be a Wild Life Sanctuary and thereupon the area shall be a Wild Life Sanctuary and the land comprised in such area shall vest in the State free from all interests and incumbrances in favour of any person, except so much of such land as has already vested in the State under the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953.
(4) For the purposes of this section, it shall be sufficient to specify the situation and the limits of any area by roads, rivers, ridges or other well-known or readily intelligible boundaries, 8 4 West Ben. Act I of 1954.
Wild Life Sanctuaries.