Persons employed to carry out the Act to be deemed Forest Officers

Any person employed under sections 33, 36 and 37 to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be a Forest Officer within the meaning of this Act. The Government shall also have power to appoint any person to discharge any function of a Forest Officer under any of the provisions of this Act which have been extended to any land or to any forest or waste land or produce by a notification under section 35 or section 37 or under any rule made in pursuance of any provision so extended.