Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless there is anything epugr- nant in the subject or context,— (1) “ Adhiar” means a person who under the system generally known, as Adhi (whether Guchiadhi or Guti-adhi), barga, chukti, bhag or chukani culti vates the land or another person on condition of deli vering a share or quantity of the produce of such land to that person ; (2) “ Agricultural lands” means land used for agricultural purposes; (3) “Agricultural year” means the year commenc ing on the first day of Baisakh or Bahag ; (4) “Cultivating adhiar” means an adhiar who cultivates land himself or with the members of his family or dependants or hired labourers and does not include a person who lets out his land for cultivation; (5) “Land-lord” means the person directly under whom the adhiar holds the land on condition of deli vering a share or quantity of the produce thereof; (6) “ Notification” means a notification published in the official Gazette; [(7) “ Personal cultivation” means cultivation by the person himself, or by any member of his family or by his servants or hired labourers on fixed remune ration payable in cash or kind but not in crop share, under personal supervision of the person himself or any member of his family, provided it is accompanied by the bearing of risks of cultivation by the owner and by residence in the village in which the land is situate or in a nearby village within a distance of five miles during the greater part of the agricultural sea sons : [Provided that in the case of a person who is a widow or a minor, or is subject to any physical or men tal disability or is a member of the Military, Naval or Air Force of the Union, or is a student below the age of twenty-five years of any educational institution recognised by the State Government, the land shall be deemed to be under personal cultivation even in the absence of such personal supervision.]1 (8) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; J i * J. Inserted by Assam Adhiafs Protection and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (Assam Act (XI of 1957) and Clause (7) and (8) renumbered as Clauses (8) and (9). Establish ment and constitution of Adhi (9) “Revenue Officer” means any officer appoint ed by the [State Government]2 by name or by virtue of his office to discharge any of the functions of a Revenue Officer under this Act and includes the Deputy Commissioner of the District and the Subdivi- sional Officer of a Subdivision. [2A. (1) The State Government may, by notifica tion in the official Gazette, establish for any local area specified in the notification and Adhi Conciliation Conciliation Board, hereinafter called the Board consisting of one Board. member from landlords and one member from adhiars from the area concerned with the Revenue Officer as Chairman, constituted in the manner prescribed. Provided that till such Board is constituted, the function of the Board shall be performed by the Revenue Officer having jurisdiction in the area con cerned. (2) An order of the Board shall be executed by the Revenue Officer in the manner prescribed and the procedure to be followed by the Board shall also be prescribed: Provided that an order for eviction and restora tion of possession shall be executed in the manner pres cribed in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908) subject to such modification as may be pres cribed.]1 Adhiar to