Where any land is leased to the Crown or the Minister, and the Minister is authorised by the lease to establish, manage, or protect any forest thereon, or to sell or utilise any timber or other forest produce derived therefrom, in respect of the land, forest, timber, and forest produce, the Minister shall, subject to the provisions of the lease, have all the powers and authorities he would have if the land were State forest land, and the forest were on State forest land, and the timber and other forest produce were products of State forest land, and, subject to the provisions of the lease, all the provisions of this Act shall apply as if the land were State forest land, and the forest were on State forest land, and the timber and other forest produce were products of State forest land.”

Subject to and in accordance with any regulations made in relation thereto, and upon the completion of such surveys (if any) as may be necessary, the Minister may request the District Land Registrar for the district in which any State forest land is situated to issue a certificate of title under the Land Transfer Act 1952 for the land; and the District Land Registrar shall thereupon, subject to the deposit of such plans as he may require, issue the certificate of title accordingly. Every such certificate of title shall disclose that the land is State forest land subject to this Act.

Where any District Land Registrar issues a certificate of title under this section, he shall not prepare any duplicate of the certificate of title until the Minister so requests; and, where no request is made for the preparation of a duplicate of the certificate of title at the time when the request is made for the issue of the certificate of title,—