Bar of accrual of forest right, proh•bition of clearings, etc.

(1) During the interval between the publication of the proclamation under section 6 and the date fixed by the notification under section 19, no nght shall be acqlllred in or over the land included m such procldmatwn, except under a grant or contract in writmg made or entered into by, or on behalf of, the Government, or by, or on behalf of, some person in whom such right or power to create the same was vested when the pro- clamation was published, or by succession from such person; and no clearings shall be made on such land, nor shall any person cut, collect, or remove any forest produce nor shall set fire to such land or kindle or leave burning any fire in such manner as to endanger the same. (2) No patfa shall, without the previous sanction of the Govern- ment, be granted in such land, and every patta granted without such sanction shall be null and v01d. (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any act· done with the permission in writing of the Forest Settlement Officer.