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(1) "Poramboke" shall mean and include unassessed lands which are the property of Government under Section 3(1) or (2) used or reserved for public purposes or for the communal use of villagers such as. (a) all public roads, streets, lanes, pathways, the bridges, ditches, dykes and fences on or beside the same; (b) the beds and banks of rivers, irrigation and drainage channels, traffic canals, tanks, lakes, back-waters and water courses; (c) markets, burial grounds, landing ghauts; and (d) all other property which the Government may, for the purpose of this Act, from time to time, declare to be poramboke. (2) "Occupant" defined.- "Occupant" shall mean a person actually in possession or occupation of a land which is the property of Government.