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Definitions.—-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) ‘land’ includes benefits to aiise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (2) ‘pcrson interested ’ includes all persons claiming or entitled to claim an interest in compensation payable on account of the acquisi- tion of land under this Act; and a person shall be deemed to be inteiesled in land if he is interested in an easement affecting the land ; (3) ‘ Collector ’ means the Collector of the district and includes any officer appointed by the Government to perform the functions ofa Collector under this Act ; (4) ‘ company ’ means a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) and includes a foreign company within the meaning ofsection 591 ofthat Act, a society re- gistered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act 21 of 1860) as in force in the Malabar district referred to in sub-section (2) of section ‘3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 or under the Tra- vancore-Cochin Literary, Seicntifie and Charitable Societies Registra- lion Act, 1955 (Act XII of 1955) and a registered society within thef meaning of the Co-opeiative Societies Act for the time being In orce, * Received the assent oli—the President on the Slst day ofAugust 1962 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 6th September