Proclam 1tion by Fore.st Settlement Officer.

(1) When a notification has been issued under section 4, the Forest Settle.nent Officer shall pub- lish in the Gazette and at the headquarters of each taluk in which any portion of the land included in such notification is situate, and m every town, village and headquarters of Panchayats in the neighbourhood of such land, a proclamation- (a) specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of the land proposed to be mcluded within the Reserved Forest, (b) settmg forth the substance of the provisions of section 7, (c) explaming the c:msequences wh1ch, as hereinafter provided, will ensue on the reservation of such forest, and (d) fixing a period not less than three and not exceeding six months from the date of publlshing such proclamation in the Gazette, and requiring every person claimmg any right referred to m secuon 4 either to present to such officer, Within such penod, a wntten statement specifymg, or to appear before him w1thm such penod and state, the nature of such right, and in either case, to produce all documents and other evidence in support thereof. (2) The Forest Settlement Officer shall also serve a notice to the same effect on every known or reputed owner or occupier of any land included in or adJoining the land propo ed to be constituted a Reserved Forest, or on hi, recognised agent or manager. Such nol!ce may be sent by 1egistered post.