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The Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953

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The Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953 provides a unified legal framework for managing, protecting, and conserving forest areas across Rajasthan. It empowers the state government to classify lands as reserved, protected, or village forests, while regulating timber transit, forest produce, and private forest management. For ordinary citizens, local villagers, and tribal communities, the law outlines clear procedures to claim traditional rights such as grazing, firewood collection, and water usage during forest settlement processes. It also imposes legal duties on local residents to report forest crimes and help extinguish forest fires, while establishing penalties for unauthorized tree felling, encroachment, and illegal timber trade.

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  1. 14. Record where he admits claims
  2. 31. Publication of translation of such notification in neighbourhood
  3. 32. Power to make rules for protected forest
  4. 33. Penalties for acts in contravention of notification under Section 30 or Rules under Section 32
  5. 34. Nothing in this chapter to prohibit acts done in certain cases
  6. 35. Protection of forest for special purposes
  7. 36. Power to assume management of forest
  8. 37. Expropriation of forests in certain cases
  9. 38. Protection of forest at request of owners
  10. 39. Power to impose duty on timber and other forest produce
  11. 40. Duty not to affect purchase money or royalty
  12. 41. Power to make rules to regulate transit of forest produce
  13. 42. Penalty for breach of rules made under Section 41
  14. 43. State Government and Forest Officers not liable for damage to Forest produce at depots
  15. 44. All persons bound to aid in case of accident at Depot
  16. 45. Certain kinds of timber to be deemed property of the State Government until title thereto proved and may be collected accordingly
  17. 46. Notice to claimants of drift timber
  18. 47. Procedure on claim preferred to such timber
  19. 48. Disposal of unclaimed timber
  20. 49. State Government and its officers not liable for damage to such timber
  21. 50. Payments to be made by claimant before timber is delivered to him
  22. 51. Power to make rules and prescribe penalties
  23. 52. Seizure of property liable to confiscation and procedure therefore
  24. 52A. Appeal against order of confiscation
  25. 88. Section 88.
  26. 89. Section 89.
  27. 1. Short Title, Extent and Commencement. Short Title, Extent and Commencement.
  28. 2. Definitions. Definitions.
  29. 3. Power to reserve forest. Power to reserve forest.
  30. 4. Notification by State Government. Notification by State Government.
  31. 5. Bar of accrual of forest rights. Bar of accrual of forest rights.
  32. 6. Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer. Proclamation by Forest Settlement Officer.
  33. 7. Inquiry by Forest Settlement Officer. Inquiry by Forest Settlement Officer.
  34. 8. Powers of Forest Settlement Officer. Powers of Forest Settlement Officer.
  35. 9. Extinction of rights. Extinction of rights.
  36. 10. Treatment of claims relating to practice of shifting cultivation. Treatment of claims relating to practice of shifting cultivation.
  37. 11. Power to acquire land over which right is claimed. Power to acquire land over which right is claimed.
  38. 12. Claims to rights of way, water-course, pasture, and to forest produce. Claims to rights of way, water-course, pasture, and to forest produce.
  39. 13. Record to be made by Forest Settlement Officer. Record to be made by Forest Settlement Officer.
  40. 14. Record where he admits claims. Record where he admits claims.
  41. 15. Exercise of right admitted. Exercise of right admitted.
  42. 16. Commutation of rights. Commutation of rights.
  43. 17. Appeal from order passed under Section 11, Section 12, Section 15 or Section 16. Appeal from order passed under Section 11, Section 12, Section 15 or Section 16.
  44. 18. Appeal under Section 17. Appeal under Section 17.
  45. 19. Pleaders. Pleaders.
  46. 20. Notification declaring forest reserved. Notification declaring forest reserved.
  47. 21. Publication of translation of such notification in neighbourhood. Publication of translation of such notification in neighbourhood
  48. 22. Power to revise arrangements made under Section 15 or Section 18. Power to revise arrangements made under Section 15 or Section 18.
  49. 23. No right acquired over reserved forest, except as here provided. No right acquired over reserved forest, except as here provided.
  50. 24. Rights not to be alienated without sanction. Rights not to be alienated without sanction.
  51. 25. Power to stop ways and water courses in reserved forests. Power to stop ways and water courses in reserved forests.
  52. 26-A. Power to make rules. Power to make rules.
  53. 26. Acts prohibited in such forests. Acts prohibited in such forests.
  54. 27. Power to declare forest no longer reserved. Power to declare forest no longer reserved.
  55. 28. Formation of village forests. Formation of village forests.
  56. 29. Protected Forests. Protected Forests.
  57. 30. Power to issue notification reserving trees etc. Power to issue notification reserving trees etc.
  58. 52B. Revision before Court of Sessions against order of Appellate Authority. Revision before Court of Sessions against order of Appellate Authority.
  59. 52C. Bar to jurisdiction of Court, etc. under certain circumstances. Bar to jurisdiction of Court, etc. under certain circumstances.
  60. 53. Power to release property seized under Section 52:. Power to release property seized under Section 52
  61. 54. Subsequent procedure. Subsequent procedure.
  62. 55. Forest Produce, tools, etc., when liable to confiscation. Forest Produce, tools, etc., when liable to confiscation.
  63. 56. Disposal on conclusion of trial for forest, offence of produce in respect of which it was committed. Disposal on conclusion of trial for forest, offence of produce in respect of which it was committed.
  64. 57. Procedure when offender not known or cannot be found. Procedure when offender not known or cannot be found.
  65. 58. Procedure as to perishable property seized under Section 52. Procedure as to perishable property seized under Section 52.
  66. 59. Appeal from order under Section 55, Section 56 or Section 57. Appeal from order under Section 55, Section 56 or Section 57.
  67. 60. Property when to vest in [State [State Government]. Property when to vest in [State [State Government].
  68. 61. Saving of power to release property seized. Saving of power to release property seized.
  69. 62. Punishment for wrongful seizure. Punishment for wrongful seizure.
  70. 63. Penalty far counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary marks. Penalty far counterfeiting or defacing marks on trees and timber and for altering boundary marks.
  71. 64. Power to arrest without warrant. Power to arrest without warrant.
  72. 65. Power to release on a bond a person arrested. Power to release on a bond a person arrested.
  73. 66. Power to prevent commission of offence. Power to prevent commission of offence.
  74. 67. Power to try offences summarily. Power to try offences summarily.
  75. 68. Power to compound offence. Power to compound offence.
  76. 69. Presumption that forest produce belongs to [State Government]. Presumption that forest produce belongs to [State Government].
  77. 70. Cattle Trespass Act to apply. Cattle Trespass Act to apply.
  78. 71. Power to alter fines fixed under the central Act No. 1 of 1871. Power to alter fines fixed under the central Act No. 1 of 1871.
  79. 72. [State Government] invests Forest Officer with certain powers. [State Government] invests Forest Officer with certain powers.
  80. 73. Forest Officers deemed public servants. Forest Officers deemed public servants.
  81. 74. Indemnity for acts done in good faith. Indemnity for acts done in good faith.
  82. 75. Forest Officers not to trade. Forest Officers not to trade.
  83. 76. Additional powers to make rules. Additional powers to make rules.
  84. 77. Penalties for breach of rules. Penalties for breach of rules.
  85. 78. Rules when to have force of law. Rules when to have force of law.
  86. 79. Person bound to assist Forest Officer and Police Officers. Person bound to assist Forest Officer and Police Officers.
  87. 80. Management of Forests the joint property of [State Government] and other persons. Management of Forests the joint property of [State Government] and other persons.
  88. 81. Failure to perform service for which a share in produce of [State Government] forest is enjoyed. Failure to perform service for which a share in produce of [State Government] forest is enjoyed.
  89. 82. Recovery of money due to [State Government]. Recovery of money due to [State Government].
  90. 83. Lien on forest produce for such money. Lien on forest produce for such money.
  91. 84. Land required under this Act to be deemed to be needed for public purpose under the Land Acquisition Law in force. Land required under this Act to be deemed to be needed for public purpose under the Land Acquisition Law in force.
  92. 85. Recovery of penalties due under bond. Recovery of penalties due under bond.
  93. 86. Power to exempt. Power to exempt.
  94. 87. Act and to affect or impair certain rights of Rules. Act and to affect or impair certain rights of Rules.

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