Section 22
Extinguishment of subsisting rights, etc.
―(1) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, extinguish any subsisting rights or privileges over a forest reserve or protected forest.
(2)
A copy of the notification shall be published in at least one newspaper circulating in Sarawak or in such medium as circumstances may permit, and displayed at any place or at the District Office for the area where the forest reserve or protected forest is situated.
(3)
Any person who is affected by such notification shall, within thirty days from the date of publication thereof, inform the
Regional Forests Officer in writing of the nature and extent of the exercise or enjoyment by him of the subsisting rights or privileges which are intended to be extinguished.
(4)
The Regional Forests Officer shall, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the information under subsection (3), transmit the same to the Director who, if satisfied that any person has been affected by the extinguishment of any subsisting right or privilege, pay such compensation to him, as assessed in accordance with section 15.