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Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires --- (a) ‘Collector’ means the Collector of a District; (b) ‘Government’ means the State Government; (c) ‘Inam land in the 1[and includes any land in the merged territory of Banaganapalle in respect of which the grant in inam has been made, confirmed or recognised by any former Ruler of the territory] means any land in respect of which the grant in inam has been made, confirmed or recognized by the Government, 2[and includes any land in the merged territory of Banaganapalle in respect of which the grant in Inam has been with or without his consent, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both] but does not include an inam constituting an estate under 3 [the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates Land Act, 1908]; (d) ‘Inam village’ means a village designated as such in the revenue accounts of the Government 4[and includes a village so designated immediately before it was notified and taken over by the Government under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1956]; (e) ‘Institution’ means a religious, a charitable or an educational institution. (f) ‘Prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 1 . Inserted by the Act No.3 of 1964 2 . Inserted by the Act No.3 of 1964 3 . Substituted by the short title by the Act No. IX of 1961