(1) The concerned users of any forest who wish to utilize the forest products by protecting, developing and managing such forest for the collective interest may constitute a users' group as provided in this Act.
(2) The users’ groups constituted pursuant to sub-section (1) shall be registered with the concerned Division Forest Office as prescribed.
(3) For the registration pursuant to sub-section (2), the concerned users’ group shall make an application, along with its statute.
(4) The users’ group shall, not later than three months of the expiration of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities, setting out inter alia the financial statements and status of the forest to the concerned Local Level and Division Forest Office, as prescribed.