8. (1) Subject to rules made under this Ordinance loans may be granted on the recommendation of the Appellate Committee by such officer as may be empowered in this behalf by the Government to any owner of a controlled forest or a vested forest who, in the opinion of the Appellate Committee, is likely to suffer unduly owing to any temporary reduction of his income resulting from any action taken under section 4 or sub-section (2) of section 6 or section 7 or to any owner of a controlled forest to enable such owner to pay any compensation payable by him under sub-section (6) of section 10 or sub-section (2) of section 35. (2) An application for such a loan shall be made in the prescribed manner to the Appellate Committee and shall state the following particulars, namely:-(a) the amount of the loan required,(b) the reasons for which it is necessary, and(c) the period for which it is required. (3) After considering in the prescribed manner the application made under sub-section (2) and any evidence that may be produced in support thereof, the Appellate Committee shall state in writing its opinion as to whether or not a loan should be given, and, if it recommends the grant of a loan, shall forward the application to the officer empowered under sub-section (1) with its opinion, stating the reasons for such recommendation and specifying the following particulars, namely:-(a) the amount of the loan that should be granted and the rate of the interest that should be charged,(b) the instalments in which the loan should be advanced, and(c) the period after which and the instalments in which the loan should be repaid. (4) Subject to rules made under this Ordinance granted under sub-section (1), all interests, if any, chargeable thereon and costs, if any, incurred in granting such loans shall, when they become due, be recoverable by the Collector as if they were arrears of land revenue due in respect of the controlled forest or the vested forest of which the borrower was the owner at the time the loan was granted: Provided that no proceeding in respect of any such forest under this sub-section shall affect any interest in that forest which existed before the date of the order granting the loan other than the interest of the borrower and of mortgagees of, or persons having charges on, the interest of the borrower.