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In this Act, unless the Cantext otherwise requires,- Definitioas, '[(I) "agricultural year" or "fasli year" means the year commencing ' ~ n the 1st day of July and ending on the 30th day of June]; (2) all words and expressions used to denote the pos- sessor of any right, title or interest in land, whether the same be proprietary or otherwise, shall be deemed to includz thz predecessors and successors in right, title or interest of such. possessor; , (3) 'kharitable purpose" includes relief of the poor,. education, medical relief or the advancement of any ather object d general public utility, but does not include a px- pose which relates exclusively to religious teaching or worship; (4) "decree" has the meaning assigned to it in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; '[(5) "Delhi town" means the areas which immediately before the' establishment of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi were included in the limits of Delhi Municipality. Civil Station Notified Area, West Delhi Municipality and the F c y t Notified Area]; '[(6) "Deputy Commissioner'' inclutlss-- (ii) an Additional Collector; ,- *Subs. by s. 3 of CenZral Act, 4 of 1959. 'Subs. by s. 2(a) of Central Act, 1 of 1966 (retrospc&a& -5-1 Belhi Adm./70 60 The DeUzi Land Reform Act, 1954 (Chapter I-Preliminary) (iiij a Revenue Assistant empowered by the Ckuef Commissioner by notification in the official Gazette .tl; discharge all or any of the functions of a Deputy Com- missioner under this Act; and (iv) an Assistant Collector of the first grade or class empowered as aforesaid;] (7) "~conomic holding" is a hdding which is not an w-economic holding; (8) "estate" means the area inzluded under one entry in any of the registers prepared and maintained under clauce (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 31 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, or sectioo 32 of the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901, .and includes share in or of an estate; (9) "gaon sabia area fund" mans the fund of the gacn sabha area constituted or established under section 150 of this Act; (10) "gaon sabha" and "gaon panchayat" mean the gaon sabha and the gam panchayat established under sec- tions 150 and 151 respectively d this Act; (11) ''g~on sabha area" means the gaon sabha area constituted under section 150 of this Act; '[(l la) "holding" means- (a) in respect of- (i) Bhumidar or Asami; on (ii) tenant or sub-tenant under the Punjab Ten- ancy Act, 1587, or the Agra Tenancy Act, 1901; or (iii). lessee under the Bhoodan Yagna Act, 1955, a parcel or parcels of land held under one tenure, lease, engagemerit or grant; and f (b) in mpect of proprietors, a parcel or parcels of land held as sir or khud-kasht"]. (12) "imprwement" means with reference to a hold- ing- (i) a dwelling house erected on the holding by t l ~ tenure-hdder for his own occupation or zny sther coa- ' structicns erected or set up by him on the hdding for purposes connected with agriculture, horticulture 01" , 'animal husbandry which includes pisciculture and poul- try farming; (li) mj work \vhich adds materially to ths value of the holding and is cozcistent with the purposes afore- said, which if not executeri ~ r l the holding, is either executed directly for its benefit or is, after execution, made directly beneficial to it; and subject to the fore- going provisions 0% this dause, includes- (a) the construction of well, water channeIs and other works for the supply or distribution of water for the purposes aforesaid; i~ns. by s. 3 of Delhi Act 16 of 1956. 7he Delhi Land Refcrrms Act, 1954 61 (Chapter I--Prelimitmy) (b) the construction d works for the drainage of land or for the protection of land from floods or from erosion or other damage by water; (c) the rezlaiming, clearing, enclosing, levelling or terracing of land; (d) the erection in the immediate vicinity of the holding otherwise than on the village site, of buildings required for the convenient or profitable use or occu- Gagon of the holding; (e) the construction of tanks or other works for the storage of water for purposes aforesaid; (f) the planting of trees and groves on the holding; (g) the renewal or reconstruction of any of the fore- going works or such alterations therein or additions thereto, as are not of the nature of mere repairs : Provided that such water channels, embankments, en- closures, temporary wells, or other works as are made by a tenure-holder in the ordinary course of his requirements for purLmses aforesaid, shall not be deemed to be improvements; '[(12A) "Khudkasht" means land (other than Sit) cul- tivated by a proprietor either by himself or by servants or by hired labour,- (a) at the commencement of this Act, or (b) at any time during the period of five years im- mgdiately before the commencement of this Act, whe- ther M not it was so cultivated at such commenement, provided that it has not, at any time after having been so cultivated, been let out to a tenant]; (la) "fal~d" except in sections 23 and 24, means land held qr occupied for purposes connected with zgriculture, horticulture or animal husbandry including pisciculture and poultry farming and includes- (a) buildings appurtenant thereto, ' (b) village abadis, (c) grovelands, (d) lands for village pasture or land covered by viater and used f,or growiflg singharas and other produce or laxi in the bed of a river and used for casual or occasional cdtivaticm, but does not include- land occupied by buildings in belts of areas adjacent to Ddhi t o m and New h l h i town, which the Chief Cornmissioner may by a notification in the official Gazet- te declare as an acquisition thereto; 'Ins, by s. 3 of Central Act 4 of 1959. (w.e.f. 20-7-1954). 62 The Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 I (Chapter I-Preliminary) ' (14) "legal representative" has the meaning assigned to it in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; t (15) "New Delhi town" means the areas included in. the limits of the New Delhi Municipality and Delhi Canton- ment; (16) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 1~ (17) "proprietor" means as respects an estate a person #wing, whether in trust or for his own benefit the estate and includes the heirs and successors-in-interest of a proprietor; (18) "proprietor's grove" means grove-land held or oc- cupied by a proprietor as such; , (19) "religious purpose7' includes a purpose cmeetcd with religious worship, teaching or service or with the wr. formanca of religious rites; '[(19A) "Revenue Assistant" includes any Assistant Collector of the first grade or class empowered by the Chief Commissioner to perform all or any ofithe functions of a Revenue Assistant under this Act]; (20) "standard acre" means a measure of area conves- tible into ordinary acres of any class of land according to the prescribed scale with reference to the quantity of yield and quality of soil; (21) "state" mqns the '[Union territory] of Delhi; (22) "uneconomic holding" means a nolding of less than eight standard acres which, according to local conditions, is not sufficient to maintain a family unit consisting of a person, his minor children, his wife or her husband, as the case may be, and if the person himself. is a minor, his fathtr and mother; (23) "village" means any local area whether wmpact # otherwise recorded as a village in the revenue records d the Delhi State and includes anj ares which the Chief Com- missioner may, by a general or special order published 9 the official Gazette, deldare to be a village; (24) words and expressions. _grove, grovz-holdzr. rent, cess Sir, '[****I rent-free grantee, landholder, ex-proprietary tenant, occupancy tenant, ncm-occupancy tenant, sub-tenact, 4[****] and crops or any other expressions, not defiaed In this Act a_qd used in the Agra Tenancy Act, 1901, or & Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, shall have the meaning assign- ed to them in the b r a Tenancy Act, 1901, or the Punjab Tenancy Act. 1887, according as the context refers to the Shahdara or the remaining circles; --- 'Subs. by sec. 2(b) of Central Act 1 of 1966 (retrospectivelj-). ' 'Subs. by A.O. (No. 5) 1957 for the words "State of Delhi". ' 'The word "Khudkasht" rep. by s. 3 of Central Act 4 of 1959, (w.e.f, 20-7-1954). T h e woad "holding" rep. by s. 3 of Delhi Act 16 of 1956. The Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 63 (Chapter I-Preliminary.-Cltapter II-A. Tenures) ! (25) words and expressions, land revenue, '[***I and Tahsildar, not defined in this Act and used in the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901, or the Punjab Revenue Act, 1887, shall have the meaning assigned to them in those Acts, as the chse may be.