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Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) ‘appointed day’ means the day on which this Act came into force; (b) ‘Collector’ means any officer-in-charge of a revenue division and includes Deputy Collector, a Sub-Collector, an Assistant Collector and any other officer appointed by the Government to perform the functions of the Collector under this Act; (c) ‘Government’ means the State Government; (d) ‘gumastha’ means a person appointed to officiate in place of a watandar; (e) ‘hissedar’ means a person who is not a holder of a watan but who is recognised as a shareholder and is entitled to, a share in the haq-e-malikana appertaining to the watan, that is to say, the one-third of the amount of the average scale of remuneration to which the concerned watandar is entitled; (f) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (g) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act; (h) ‘Telangana area’ means the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956); (i) ‘watan’ means a village office together with a right to hold the property appertaining thereto held hereditarily; but does not include the village offices of sethsindhies and neeradies; (j) ‘watandar’ or ‘holder of a watan’ means a person who has been recognised by the competent authority to have a right to hold a watan. (2) The words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317 F (Act VIII of 1317 F)., shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.