Prohibition of further contracts

After the issue of notification under section 20, the landlord of the forest or the area specified in such notification, shall not enter into any contract with any person conferring on such person the right, to cut, collect or remove timber or other forest produce or trees in or from such area and any such contract entered into for the issue of the said notification under section 20 shall be void: Provided that this restriction shall, without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, cease, if the proposal to constitute the area concerned a Controlled Forest, is dropped or the area is eventually not constituted a Controlled Forest.