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Forests Law (No. 13 of 1966) - Sect 55

Ejectment from Crown land. [ 19, 13 of 1966.]

53A. Any person convicted of an offence under section 7 or section 14 or section 20 of this Ordinance shall, if such person is in unlawful or unauthorized possession or occupation of any Crown land in respect of which such offence has been committed, be liable to ejectment from such land ; and the provisions of Chapter IX of the Land Development Ordinance shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of every such ejectment, and every reference in that Chapter to the Government Agent shall be construed as a reference to the divisional forest officer of the area in which such land is situated.


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