Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
It camc into force wirn c&cl lrom the 25th De[nbcr 1972, vide Notification No. 75251-R., dated the 14th Dccembcr 1972 published in the Orissa Gazette, Extnordinary, datcd thc 15th Dcccmber 1972 (No. 1768). [76-73(a) L ~ W I &2 02 0ORiss~ BHOODAN AND GRAMDAN ACT. 1970 [Or. Act (b) 'community purpose' means any purpose which is for the gensral good of the corn munit y ; (c) 'gramdan7 means a voluntary donation of land,in a viIlage made in pursuance of the provisions of this Act; (d) 'Grama Parishad' means a Grama Parishad constituted under sect ion 16; (e) 'Gramdan Village' means a Gramdan Village declared under section 16; [(*I) chomeless person' llleaos a person who does -not own any house;] (f) 'land' includes interest in land, the benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (_a) 'land-holder' means a proprietor, sub- proprietor, malguza ?, thikadar, gountia, tenure-lzolde 1' and unci er tenure-holder and includes an inamdar, jagirdar, zamindar. illaquadar, kharposhdar, ,parganada r, sarbarakar, maufidar and other holders or owners of interest in land between the raiyat a ~ d the State; (h-) 'landless person' means a person who does not own any land or who owns Sand which does not exceed such limit as may be prescribed; (i) in relation to land held by a raiyat with permanent and heritable rights in the Id 3, tbe raiyat; in relation to land, held under a grant, lease or assignment from the State Government or a Iand-holder, the person who so holds; and (fdi) in -elation to any other ,land, the person to whom the land belongs; (j" fprescribed' means pcescribed by rules ; made under this Act; * 1, lnsertd by thc Orissa Bhoodaa and Gramdan (Amcndmcnt) Act, 1979 (Or. Act 23 of 1979),s- 2, ' (Sees. 3-4) , . (k) 'residenty in relation to. the lbcal. a~ea A . . means a persoa w,ho ordinarily ~esidm ia-. that local. area; ( I ) 'Samitit means the Sam iti: constituted under section 3; (n2) 'village' means an area defined; sume~;d and recorded as a disti.nct ad-. sepm& viliage in the revenue records. ~g the district in which it is situatc. CONSTITUTION, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF T m .-a