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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject matter or context:— («) ‘Building’ includes a house, outhouse, stable, latrine, shed, hut and any other structure whether made of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal, bamboo, sungrass or any other material whatsoever, but does not include the land on which it stands. (Z>) ‘Holding’ means a parcel or parcels of land or an undivided share thereof held by a tenant, and forming the subject-matter of one and the same tenancy. 2 Land. (c) ‘Land’ means land which is let or occupied for residential or business purposes or for purposes incidental thereto, and includes sites for buildings, water, waterways, drains, ditches, canals and tanks appertaining to such land. \* Landlord. (d) ‘Landlord’ means a person immediately under whom a tenant holds. Occupancy («) ‘Occupancy tenant’ is a tenant who has acquired a perma- tenant. nent, heritable and transferable right of use and occupation in his - holding under the provisions of section 4 of this Act. Prescribed. ( f ) ‘Prescribed’ means prescribed by a rule made under this Act. Rent. (g) ‘Rent’ means whatever is lawfully payable in money or in kind by a tenant to his landlord on account of the use and occupation of his holding under such landlord. Tenant. W ‘Tenant’ means a person who holds land under another person, and who is, but for a special contract, liable to pay rent for that land to the latter, and includes a person who derives his title from a tenant, and a person who continues in possession of any land after termination of his tenancy in respect of that land. Urban area. (i) ‘Urban area’ means any area declared to be included in a A ssanl Municipality under the provisions of clauses («) and (&) of sub- A ct j section (2) of section 5, or declared to be a notified area under the ot provisions of sub-section (4) of section 328, or deemed to be such 1923. under the proviso to that sub-section, of the Assam Municipal Act,