Section 5 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 – “Bar of accrual of forest-rights”
5. Bar of accrual of forest-rights.—After the issue of a notification under Section 4, no right shall be acquired in or over the land comprised in such notification, except by succession or under a grant or contract in writing made or entered into by or on behalf of the Government or some person in whom such right was vested when the notification was issued; and no fresh clearings for cultivation or for any other purpose shall be made in such land except in accordance with such rules as may be made by the 1[State Government] in this behalf.
- Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Provincial Government”.