Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
A forest reserve or protected forest may be constituted over any State land in the manner provided in this Part.
Procedure for constituting forest reserves and protected forests 8.―(1) Where it is proposed to constitute a forest reserve or protected forest over any State land, the Minister shall publish in the
Gazette, a notification⎯
(a)
specifying as accurately as possible the description and limits of the land intended to be constituted a forest reserve or protected forest;
(b)
directing any person claiming any right or privilege in or over such land to submit, within sixty days from the date of publication of such notification, to the Regional Forests Officer for the area in which the land is situated, his claim with evidence in support thereof; and
(c)
stating that upon the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date of publication of the notification, all rights and privileges in or over the area intended to be constituted a forest reserve or protected forest shall, unless admitted under section 14, be deemed to be extinguished, and that compensation shall be paid to any person whose rights or privileges have been so extinguished in accordance with this Part.
(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 to be constituted a forest reserve or protected forest.
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Effect of notification