State Act
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Section 18. No right acquired over reserved forest except as here provided.
Act no. 5 of 18821882In forceTamil Nadu (State Act)
18. No right of any description shall he acquired in or over a reserved forest, except under a grant or contract in writing made by or on behalf of the Government, or by or on behalf of some person in whom such right, or the power to create such right, was vested when the notification under section 16 was published or by succession from such person : Provided that no patta shall without the previous sanction of the 2[Board of Revenue] be granted on behalf of Government for any land included within a reserved forest, and every patta granted without such sanction shall be null and void.