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In this Act, unles. there i. anything repugnant in tbe subject or contat. (a) .. Agriculture" includes horticulture, dairy farmillg and sericuIture, and the use of land for any pur""",, ofhwbandry incJuaiveofkeeping or breeding of I;'..,. stock, poultry or bees and the growing of fruits, vege- tabla and the like ; (h) " Board" mean. a Debt Conciliation Board established under . ub-section (1) of section (3) ; (e) " Creditor" mean. a person to Whom a debt i. owing and inCludes a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies' Act (II ofI912); (d) .. Deb t " Include. all liabilities in cash or kind, secured or unsecured, payable under a decree or order of a Civil Court or Otherwise, whether due or not due , but .hall not include rent not due, arrears of wages, land revenue, or anything recoverable as an arrear of land revenue, or any claim for the recovery of which a .uit or application i. barred by limitation ; {e] " Debtor' means a person who owe. a debt and Who earns ha livelihood mainly by agriculture ; (fJ " Prescribed .. means pr=:ribed by rules made under thaAet ; (g) .. Deputy CommiMioner .. means the Deputy Commis- sioner of a district or any other officer appointed by the [Provincial GovemmentJt to dacharge any of the functions of a Deputy Commi";oner under this Act. • For Statemrnt of Objetu and Re:uollll'. SIll Assttnl (;gztJU, J936, Part V, page %39, for Report of Select Commi\\~ , J. A.r.r4m GtJUtll J936, Part \' for-~ings in Council, ~, A.uam CQatu. 1935, Part VI; pagel 90, 39~ : .01, t011.12, 1110..1•. fSubstituted by theA.O. for " L.G... v of D EBT CO"CILIATIO" Acr X OF 1936] bli,h.