Section 8Powers of Forest Settlement-officer

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8. Powers of Forest Settlement-officer For the purpose of such inquiry, the Forest Settlement officer may exercise the following powers, that is to say:- (a) power to enter, by himself or any officer authorized by him for the purpose, upon any land, and to survey, demarcate and make a map of the same; and (b) the powers of a Civil Court in the trail of suit.