law: Indian Forest Act, 1927
  6.  Proclamation
  
  by Forest Settlement-officer .- 
  When a notification has been issued under
  
  section 4, the Forest Settlement-officer shall publish in the local vernacular
  
  in every town and village in the neighborhood of the land comprised therein, a
  
  proclamation-
  a) specifying, as nearly as possible, the
  
  situation and limits of the proposed forest;
      
  
  explaining the consequences which, as hereinafter provided, will ensue on the
  
  reservation of such forest; and fixing a period of not less than three months
  
  from the date of such proclamation, and requiring every person claiming any
  
  right mentioned in section 4 or section 5 within such period either to present
  
  to the Forest Settlement-officer a written notice specifying or to appear
  
  before him and state, the nature of such right and the amount and particulars
  
  of the compensation (if any) claimed in respect thereof.