Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
5 of 1970. X of 1949 The Gujarat Agricultural Credit (Provision of Facilities) Act, 1979. 5 of 13 (vi) the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation constituted under the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation Act, 1963; (vii) any Agro-Industries Corporation ; (viii) the Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956; (ix) any other financial institution notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette as a Bank, for the purposes of this Act. (e) "Co-operative Societies Act" means the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 ; (f) "Co-operative society" means a co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, the object of which is to provide financial assistance to its members and includes a co-operative land development bank ; (g) "financial assistance" means assistance granted by way of loans advances, guarantees or otherwise to an agriculturist— (i) for any agricultural purpose; or (ii) for the purpose of carrying out any State-sponsored scheme; or (iii) for relief against distress caused by fire or by serious draught, flood or other natural calamities ; (h) "Government Company" means a Government Company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956. (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) "Registrar" means a person appointed to be the Registrar of Co- operative Societies under the Co-operative Societies Act ; (k) "States-sponsored scheme" means a scheme sponsored or adopted by the State Government or an officer authorised by it in that behalf, for the development of agriculture and notified as such by the State Government or the authorised officer, by a notification in the Official Gazette, for the purposes of this Act. CHAPTER II. RIGHTS OF AGRICULTURISTS TO ALIENATE LAND IN FAVOUR OF BANKS.