Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
Bare Act · 2006
An Act to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land.
- Act number
- 2 of 2007
- Enacted
- 29 December 2006
- Contents
- 14 sections · 6 chapters
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Contents
Chapter 1 — Preliminary
Chapter II — Forest Rights
Chapter III — Recognition, Restoration And Vesting Of Forest Rights And Related Matters
- Section 4 – Recognition of, and vesting of, forest rights in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers
- Section 5 – Duties of holders of forest rights
Chapter IV — Authorities And Procedure For Vesting Of Forest Rights
Chapter V — Offences And Penalties
- Section 7 – Offences by members or officers of authorities and Committees under this Act (preview)
- Section 8 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Chapter VI — Miscellaneous
- Section 9 – Members of authorities, etc., to be public servants (preview)
- Section 10 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 11 – Nodal agency (preview)
- Section 12 – Power of Central Government to issue directions (preview)
- Section 13 – Act not in derogation of any other law (preview)
- Section 14 – Power to make rules (preview)