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In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "appellate authority" means an appellate authority appointed under sub-section (2) of Section 3; (b) "authorised officer" means an officer appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 3; (c) "cultivation" means raising of cereals, tubers or plantation crops but shall not include raising of kitchen gardens or flower gardens. Explanation.- In this clause, "kitchen garden" means an area not exceeding five ares appurtenant to a residence and used for growing vegetables for bona fide consumption of the residents therein; (d) "hill area" means- (i) any land which has not vested in the Government by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 (26 of 1971); (ii) any forest land which has been or may be assigned to any person under the Kerala Government Land Assignment Act, 1960 (30 of 1960) or under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964), or under any other law; (iii) any land used principally for the cultivation of cardamom including lands interspersed within the boundaries of the area principally cultivated with cardamom; (iv) any land which is an enclave within a reserved forest or within any other forest area. Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, the expression "reserved forest" shall have the same meaning as in the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 (4 of 1962); (e) "new cultivation" means cultivation of land which remained uncultivated for three consecutive years; (f) "owner", in relation to any land, includes a mortgagee, lessee or other person having right to possession and enjoyment of that land; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; (h) "tree" means,- (i) with reference to any land comprising a hill area, any tree; and (ii) with reference to any other land, any of the following species of trees, namely:- Sandalwood (Santalum album), Teak (Tectona grandis), Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia), Irul (Xylia xylocarpa), Venthekku (Lagerstroemia lanceolata), Thempavu (Terminalia tomantosa), Mulluvenga (Bridelia retusa), Kampakam (Hopea parviflora), Venga (Pterocarpus marcupium), Chempakam (Michelia chempaca), Chadachi (Grewia tiliaefolia), Chandana vempu (Cedrela toona), Cheeni (Tetrameles nudiflora), Jathi (Myristica fragrans), Njavel (Eugenia jambolana) and Tahanni (Terminalia bellerica).