(1) If it is deemed necessary from the point of view of the protection of forest, the Division Forest Officer may, by publishing a public notice, prohibit entry into the whole or any part of the national forest for a certain time.
(2) In prohibiting the entry pursuant to sub-section (1), paths may be set aside upon demarcating the boundaries for the movement of persons, and the paths so set aside may be used subject to the conditions set forth in the notice published pursuant to sub-section (1).
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), no entry of any kind of domesticated quadruped may be made into the forest area in which entry is prohibited.
(4) In prohibiting the entry pursuant to sub-section (1), regulation of entry may be made as prescribed in the case of the project operators having obtained permission from the Government of Nepal.