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Substituted by ibid. Q do 3 include wife or husband, as the case may be, bi t shah exclude married daughters, married sons and their children : Provided that a family consisting of father, and/or mother, sons and/or unmarried daughters holding lands jointly shall be presumed to be jo int inspite of having a separate mess” ]1 (e) [* * *]2 (f) “ [‘‘land” means land which is or may be utilised for agricultural purposes or p; r- poses subservient thereto, and includes the sites of buil ings app urtenant to such land and also includes land which is or may be utilised for quarring stones ;”] (g) the words ‘‘land-holders” has the mean ing -assigned to it in the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (Regula tion I of 1886) ; (h) “ landlord” means a person immediately under whom a tenant holds but does not include the Government : (i) “ owner “ includes proprietor, land-holder or settlem ent-holder as defined in Section 3 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (Regulation I of 1886 ), but does not include Government : (j) [“person” includes an individual, a family’a joint family, a trustee, a company, a body corporate, a partnership farm, a society or an association of individuals whether incorporated or not ;]f <k) “personal cultiv ation” means cultivation — (i) by the person himself, or (ii) by any member of his family, or (iii) [by servants or hired labourers on hx d remuneration payable in cash or kind but not in crop-share, under personal super vision 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 situated or in a near by village or town within a distance o! 8 K. M. during the greater pa rt of tin agricultural season : I. Substituted by the Assam Act IX of 1975 Deleted by the Assam Act IX of 1975 Substituted by the Assam Act IX of 1975 Substituted by the Assam Act IX of 1975 Substituted by the Assam Act IX of 1975 4 Provided further that in the ca.$e c.f a,'ers on ■—ho is a widow or a minor, or .is subject to any physical or mental disability or is a member of Military, Naval or Air Forces of the Union, or who is a student, below the age of twenty one years of any educational institution recognised by the State Governm ent, the land shall be deemed to be under personal cultivation even in the .absence of such personal supervision;]5 (l) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) The expression “ public purpose” include a purpose connected with settlement ot land with actual cultivator or co-operative farming society; (n) “ Rent” means whatever is lawfully payable in money or in kind on account o f use and occupation of land; (o) “Te nant” means a person who holds land under anoth er person and is, or bu t for a special contract would be, liable to pay rent for that land to the oth er person and includes a person who cultivates the land of anoth er person on condition of deli' ering a share of the produce.]! CHAPTER II Ceiling on existing holding and acquisition of excess land. Ceiling on