CHAPTER II RESERVED FORESTS
The Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Andhra Pradesh (Environment, Forest, Science and Technology Department), with amendments up to Act 15 of 2016 (the Andhra Pradesh Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016).
Chapter IIIA (sections 28A to 28G, Preservation of Private Forests) applies only in the Scheduled Areas and is not part of this India Code text; it is printed in the 2012 text of the Act hosted by the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority, and the instrument that inserted it has not been identified.
(1) The Government may, by notification, direct that from a date to be fixed by such notification any reserved forest or any portion thereof shall cease to be reserved.
(2) From the date so fixed, such forest or portion shall cease to be reserved, but the rights, if any, which have been extinguished therein shall not revive in consequence of such cessation.