Why it matters. Areas notified under this Act (and especially lands covered by special orders under Section 4) carry use restrictions. In Narinder Singh v. Divesh Bhutani (2022) the Supreme Court held that lands covered by Section 4 special orders have the trappings of forest land, so non-forest use needs prior Central Government approval with effect from 25 October 1980.
Practical point. A notification under Section 3 alone does not automatically make land "forest", and the Court did not decide the status of lands under Section 5 orders. Check exactly which orders cover a parcel.
Amendments and related instruments
India Code also lists PLPA notifications (1971, 1978, 1998) and a 2019 Haryana amendment bill; the status of that bill was not checked.