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Definitions:-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (1) “Agreement” means agreement for cultivation of agricultural land between the Land owner and the cultivator agreed in the form of “crop cultivator rights card”; (2) “Agreement Amount” means any consideration in cash or kind or both payable by the Cultivator to the Land Owner as per their mutual agreement; (3) “Agricultural Land” means land, which is used or is capable of being used for the purposes of agriculture crop, other than Government Land or land assigned by the Government to the poor for agricultural purpose; (4) “Agricultural Year” means the year commencing from the 1st day of June to 31st of May of next year; (5) “Authorised officer” means Village Revenue Officer working in Village Secretariat; (6) “Crop” includes, - (i) all crops of food grains, pulses, oil seeds, vegetables, cotton, chillies, grass, tobacco; and (ii) Any crop as may be notified by the Government from time to time. (7) “Crop Cultivator Rights Card” means the agreement between the land owner and cultivator for a period of eleven months countersigned by the Village Revenue Officer in the Village Secretariat; (8) “Cultivator” means a person who cultivates the agriculture land by entering into an agreement with the land owner for agriculture, either on payment of rent or any other means of consideration without exclusive possession, for a period of 11 months and whose name is not recorded in any of the revenue records in respect of that agreement land; (9) “Government’ means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh; (10) “Land Owner” means the Owner of the land or the Authorised agent of the Owner of the land who consents the Cultivator for cultivation of his land; (11) “Notification” means the notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette or the District Gazette and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly. (12)“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act; (13) The words and phrases which are used but not defined in this Act shall have same meaning as provided in the Andhra Pradesh Record of Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971.(Act.No.26 of 1971). CHAPTER-II EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT