It applies

(i) * * * * (ii) to forests situated in estates as defined in the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908, in the State of Tamil Nadu ; (iii) to private forests situated in other areas in the State of Tamil Nadu and having a contiguous area exceeding forests for the purposes of this Act, by notification, in the District Gazette, but does not apply to reserved forests constituted under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882, and lands at the disposal of the Government as defined in that Act. Explanation - A private forest exceeding 2 hectares in extent shall not cease to be such by reason only of the fact that, in a portion thereof trees, shrubs or reeds are felled or cut with or without the permission of the Committee or lands are cultivated, or rocks, roads, tanks, rivers or the like exist nor shall the area of such forest cease to be contiguous by reason only of the existence of all or any of the aforesaid circumstance. (3) It shall come into force at once 2. Definitions In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (a) 'Committee' means any Committee constituted under Section 2A and having jurisdiction (aa) 'Forest' includes waste or communal land containing trees, shrubs and reeds; pasture land and any other class of land declared by the State Government, to be a forest by notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette; Explanation - For the purpose of the clause, 'communal land' means any land of the description mentioned in sub clause (a) or sub-clause (b) of clause (16) of section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908; (b) 'owner' in relation to a forest includes a mortgage lessee or other person having right to possession and enjoyment of the forest; (c) ‘person' includes a Hindu undivided family, a Marumakkattayam tarwad or tavazhi and an Aliyasanthana family or branch; (d) 'forest offence' means an offence punishable under the Act; (e) the expressions 'Forest Officer', 'tree', 'timber' 'Forest produce', 'cattle', 'Magistrate' and 'imprisonment'' shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882.