Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Chapter, any private land or house to be included within the boundaries of the National Forest or such land or house to be acquired, only subject to the following provisions:-
(a) Private land and the house built on that land outside the National Forest which has been registered according to the Law shall not be acquired except when it is essential to do so for the protection of National Forest or the boundaries thereof and in case such land and the house are to be acquired in such manner the land in excess of two bighas in the Tarai and four ropanis in the valley and the hilly region shall not be acquired without having a prior approval of Government of Nepal and land in excess of five bighas in the Tarai and ten ropanis in the valley and the hilly region shall in no circumstances be acquired unless the land owner has given his consent.
(b) Land and house, registered in the name of any person and surrounded on all sided by a National Forest or situated within a National Forest, may be acquired and included within the boundaries of the National Forest.