THE FOREST ACT, 1927(Act XVI of 1927)C O N T E N T SCHAPTER IPRELIMINARYSections 1. Short title and extent. 2. Interpretation clause.CHAPTER IIOF RESERVED FORESTS 3. Powers to reserve forest. 4. Notification by Provincial Government. 5. Bar of accrual of forest-rights. 6. Proclamation by Forest Settlement-officer. 7. Inquiry by Forest Settlement-officer. 8. Powers of Forest Settlement-officer. 9. Extinction of rights. 10. Treatment of claims relating to practice of shifting cultivation. 11. Power to acquire land over which right is claimed. 12. Order on claims to rights of pasture or to forest-produce. 13. Record to be made by Forest Settlement-officer. 14. Record where he admits claim. 15. Exercise of rights admitted. 16. Com...