(1) While demarcating the boundaries of any National Forest pursuant to Section 3, in case any public land or private land belonging to any person and any house or hut constructed on such land within or adjoining a National Forest have to be incorporated within the Forest Boundaries for the protection of the Forest or its boundaries, the District Forest Officer shall have to affix a public notice with the reasons for taking such action and informing about the acquisition of such land at the residence of the concerned person as well as at the Office of the Village Development Committee or Municipality, the Revenue Office or Land Revenue Office and the place where the land is located in a way to be seen by the public.
(2) The following details shall also have to be mentioned in the notice pursuant to Sub-section (1):-
(a) Area of the land or house to be acquired and boundaries and category of the land,
(b) A notice informing the concerned persons who have ownership or possession to such land so that they may file a claim for compensation along with the evidence of their title or possession to the District Forest Officer within Seventy days after the affixture of the notice or after they get
information thereof, excluding the time required for the journey and that no complaint shall be entertained if they do not file an application within such time limit.