7. New buildings and cultivation prohibited after proclamation

During the interval between the publication of a proclamation under section 6 and the date fixed by the notification declaring the forest to be reserved under section 13, no new house shall be built or plantation formed and no fresh clearing for cultivation or for any other purpose shall be made on or in any other purpose shall be made on or in any State land mentioned in such proclamation:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any act done with the permission in writing of the District Officer of the area concerned or in conformity with the terms of a licence or permit issued by a forest officer in whom the power to issue such licence or permit was vested before the proclamation was published.

Inquiry by Director.