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In this Act, unless the context otherwise re- quires,— (a) ‘allottee’ means a displaced person or a group of such persons to whom land is allotted in pursuance of the scheme contained in the noti- fication of the Department of Rehabilitation No. 9R, dated the 23rd July, 1949, or in pur- suance of any other scheme for allotment of evacuee land to displaced persons which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify for the purpose of this Act, and includes— (i) the legal representatives of such displaced persons; and (#1) in the case of an allotment to a group of displaced persons, each such person and his legal representatives; 1Substituted by Pepsu Act No, 15 of 1056, 2Sub-section (8), as amended by Pepsu Act No. 27 of 1955 and Pepsu Act No. 9 of 1956, omitted by Pepsu Act No. 15 of 1956. 1955 : Pepsu Act 13] TENANCY AND AGRICULTURAL 119 LANDS (b) banjar land’ means land which has remained uncultivated for a continuous period of not less than four years immediately preceding the date on which the question whether such land is banjar or not arises; ) '[ (bb) “Collector” has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887), and includes any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Collector specially empowered by the State Government to perform all or any of the functions assigned to the Collector under this Act.] (¢) “Commissioner” has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887), and includes any other officer specially empowered by the State Gov- ernment to perform all or any of the functions assigned to the Commissioner under this Act; (d) “evacuee land” means land which is or which is deemed to be evacuee property under the Adminitsration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 (XXXI of 1950); (e) “khana damad” means a person who having married the daughter of a landowner having no male issue lives along with his wife in the house of his father-in-law and who accord- ing to the custom is treated by him as his son; (f) “landowner” has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887), and includes an allottee; *[Explanation.—In respect of land mortgaged with possession, the mortgagee shall be deemed to be the landowner.) Inserted by Punjab Act No. 3 of 1959, sectiin