Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in tle subject or context- (a) '13hoodan' me i-lns donation of a parcel of land which is made voluntar ily for the purpose of this Act; (b) 'Bhoodan Board' means the Assam Bhoodan Board established under section 6 ; (c) 'Declaration' means a Bhoodan de claration made under section 3 ; (d) 'Government' means the Government of Assam; (e) 'Land' includes all town lands; (f j 'L andless Person' means a per,on- (i) whose main source oflivelihood is agricul- ture or agricultural labour; and ,ii) who docs not hold any land or holds an uneconomic holding of less than five bighas of land; (g) 'Owner' means- (i) in relation to land held by a tenant with permanent rights, the tenant j (ii) in relation to land held under a grant, lease or assignment from Governmen t, the holders, and (iii) in relation to any other land, the person to whom the land belongs ; - ' Person interesied i in relation to any land means any person clairnirg any righ t, title or interest in the land and includes a pe rson having a right of easemen t affecting such land; / " f)gnlltiow (jf la nd by way o f Ill,g(j Ian (i) 'Prescri bed' except where the wel ds " pre s- cribed by Regulations" are used, means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) 'Revenue officer' means the Deputy Com- missione r and includes the Additional Deputy Commissioner, S II b-divisional Officer or any Officer not below the rank of a Sub- Deputy Collector appointed by the State Government by name or by virtue of his office to discharge any of the functions of a R evenue O fficer under this Act; (k) 'S ub-d ivisional Bhoodan Committee' means the Committee established under section 9 ; (I) 'Village' means a revenue village register ed as such in the revenue records ; (rn) 'Town la nd ' mean> any land within an area declared or deemed to be a Munici- pa lity c.r notified area under the Assam M unicipal Act, 1956 (Assam Act XV of 1957 ) and any other land which th e State Gcvnnment may declare, under [he ASS3.m Land and Kevenu e Regulation, 1886 or in accordance with the provision of section ;I of the Lan d Revenue Re-assessmen t Act (Assam Act VI II of 1936), to be town. land ,