Section 9
Section 9
At the expiration of the period fixed under paragraph (d) of section 8 of this Enactment, the
District Officer or Collector shall make enquiry, in such manner as he may think fit-
(a)
into all objections raised and applications made under the said paragraph;
(b)
into the propriety of conceding in and over the area concerned any right or privilege which to his knowledge is being or has been exercised but in respect of which no such application has been made.
(2)
In any enquiry under this section, the District Officer or Collector shall consider and record any opinion which the Chief Conservator or any forest officer nominated by the Chief Conservator for the purpose, may express as to any objections made or privileges or rights claimed or proposed to be conceded in respect of the area concerned.
(3)
For the purposes of an enquiry under this section, a District Officer or Collector shall have and may exercise all the powers vested in the Court of a Magistrate for compelling the attendance of witnesses, and the production of documents, in a civil suit.
Report by District Officer or Collector.