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Sections 2 to 60 came into force tllfougtrorit rbc State wirh effect from the 10th AuGust 197?. vide Orissa Gazette, Extraordinary, datcd the 8th ~ugast, I973 (NO. 1030 1. 704 THE ORISSA CONSOLIDATION OF HOLDINGS AND [Or. A c ~ dairy farming, brceding and keeping of live-stock, pisciculture, poultry farming and use of land as pasmce or for forest or fcr any purpose where such use is ancillary to agrjculture ; (b) "agricultural land" means land held or occupied for agriculture .or for purposes connected with agriculture and includes- (i) a house or similar structure standing over such land ancillary to agriculture and (ii) trees, wells and other improvements existing on such land j ( ~ 1 ccAss ist ant Consolidation Officcr" means a person notified as such by the Cansolida- tion Commissioner to exercise the powers and perform the duties of an Assistadt Consolidation Officer under this Act and the rules made thereunder ; (dl "Board of Revenue" means the Board of Revc:nue constituted under the Orissa : Board of Revenue Act, 1951 ; 23 OT 19~1. : (e) "chaka" means a compact parcel of land allotted to a land-owner on consolida- tion ; (f) "consolidat ion" means amalgamation arid redistribution of a parcel or ' fparels of land] comprised in different,hoIdin~s of a unit ;or the purpose of rendering .such holdings more compact ; Explanation-For the purpose of this clause, holding shall not include the follo- wings- 2E (i) l a d s which are covered by [orchards, groves or homesteads] by the date of publication of s notification in the official Gazette under sub-section ( I ) of section 6;] --- -.. . - - - . - -. -, .