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Section 2 — Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose

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Summary

Requires prior Central Government approval before a State Government or other authority dereserves forest land, uses it for a non-forest purpose, assigns it by lease or otherwise to a private person or other body, or clears naturally grown trees for reafforestation. The Explanation defines non-forest purpose and excludes conservation and management works.

Record details

Act number: 69 of 1980
Jurisdiction: India (Union)
Source record: India Code 123456789/496027 — A1980-69.pdf
Locator: Section 2

Source record

The Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 (formerly the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980) — official PDF (A1980-69.pdf)
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Official documentSection 2Record India Code 123456789/496027 — A1980-69.pdf
“2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose.”
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Fetched from India Code on 23 October 2026. The PDF is the consolidated Act as amended by Act 15 of 2023. Section headings, text and footnote amendment references are taken from it; the provisions have not had a separate legal review.

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Section heading and summary derived from the official text; not separately reviewed. The Act is covered in full. Clause (iii) was inserted by Act 69 of 1988, s. 2, w.e.f. 15 March 1989; the section was renumbered and further amended by Act 15 of 2023, s. 5, w.e.f. 1 December 2023.