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IND-2006-L-110071
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Title_of_text
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (No. 2 of 2007).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
India
Subjects (Classification)
Indigenous and tribal peoples
Adopted on (Date of text)
2006-12-29
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India
URL
https://tribal.nic.in/
File
IND110071.pdf (PDF)