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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "gram panchayat" and "nagar panchayat" means a gram panchayat and a nagar panchayat established under the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1961; (b) "land" means land which is used for agricultural purpose or which is so used but is left fallow, and includes the site of farm buildings apertenant to such land; (c) "landholder" means a person who is the holder of land or is interested in land and includes, in relation to any land within the jurisdiction of a gram panchayat or a nagar panchayat, such panchayat; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under section 8; (e) "private armed force" means a force consisting of one or more persons who are armed for the whole or part time and maintained by, or subject to the control of, a person other than the Union or the State Government, but does not include a person employed as a helper or sathi or an agricultural labourer who is not armed. Explanation.-A person shall be deemed to be armed if he has in his possession an article of any description designed or adapted as a weapon of offence or defence, not being an article commonly used for domestic or agri- cultural purposes, such as a lathi, a sickle, an axe or a Dharia.