Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 27th July, 1998, pp. 2770 and 2772. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH KISAN PASS BOOK ACT, 1996 3 1[(v) a corresponding new bank as specified in the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980)]; (vi) The Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, (1 of 1956); (vii) the Regional Rural Bank established under the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976); (viii) the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development established under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981 (61 of 1981); (ix) the Co-operative Bank and a Co-operative Society registered or deemed to be registered under the Himachal Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1968, (3 of 1969) the object of which is to provide financial assistance as defined in clause (b) of this section to its members; (x) the Himachal Pradesh State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank, and the Primary Agricultural and Rural Development Bank established under the Himachal Pradesh Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Act, 1979 (23 of 1979); (xi) any other financial institution notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette, as a financial institution for the purposes of this Act; (d) “Kisan” means a person having an interest in a holding whether as a land owner, tenant, mortgage, pattadar, including lessee of Panchayat and Government land, except holder of a plot allotted for residential purposes; (e) “Kisan Pass Book” means a Pass Book containing certified extracts from record-of-rights maintained under section 32 (2) (a) of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 (6 of 1954) showing the nature and extent of interest of a Kisan in his agricultural holding or holdings in a revenue estate and other particulars as may be prescribed; (f) “land” means land which is not occupied as the site of any building in a town or village and is occupied or has been let for agricultural purposes or for purposes subservient to agriculture, or for pasture, and includes the sites of buildings and other structure on such land; (g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;