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Zn this Act, unlesb the context othenvise require* , a . to) " I a g r i ~ ~ i t ~ r ~ l phb0urer" means a person who follolvs a ~ y one , : :or more of the foUowiag agncu~tural operations in the capacity of a - labourer on hire or exchange, wllether paid in cash or in kind oi partly in cash and nrtly in kind and who does not holc' more than our standard acle of knd slnd whose annul income does not exceed two th~usard ana four hulldred lupees :- , , ( i ) iaiining including cultivaiion and tillage of soil, etc., . . ' :, . - . (ii) dairy farming, ' (iii) production. cultivation, growing and harvesting of any horticultule commodity, {iv) raising of livesrock, bees -or poultry, and --.. (v) my practice performed on a farm as incidentalto ar in mnjuction with farm operations (including any forestry or timbering operations) and preparadon for market and delivery to storage or to market or to carriage for transportation 01 farm products ; (b) 4'bank'' mean& (i) a b8nking company as defined in the Banking Regulation Act,1949 ; looflw .- . ' ', (ii) the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of In&a 21 .of 1955 Act, 1955 ; (iii) a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary 38 or 19s Banks ) Act, 1959 ; (iv) a corres'ponding new Bank constituted under the Banking Compauies 5 ,f 1 ~ 0 . . ( Acquisition and Trsnfer of Undertakings ). Act, 1970 ; (v) the Agricultural Refinance and Development ~oiporation, constitute I0 aC 1963 u d e r the Agricultural ~efinance andKDevelopment Corporation Act, 1963 ; (YO the Agricultural Finance Corporation, a Company incorporated under 1 or 1956 the Companies Act, 1956 ; . . . . . , (vil) a Regional Rural Bank established under the .Regional , . Rural , Banks 21 of 1976 Ad, 1976 ;- and . . .. . (viii) any other fi&~cial ksti~tion notified b] the S W Goycrnment in the oficial Ga;%ette as a bank for the purposes of -thisL -Acl ; - .- . . - Par ~ts&$nt,of object. and rd115onn see . O W ~d$rlr, &ordinary, dated , ! I tht5thSeptember 1980;~:.'(H0..1201, . . ' . . . . --. . id--4 , . . , , , . - , . . -. ,.,, .-.- . .. _. ._. . .- l"H3 ORISSA DEBT RELIEF ACT, 1980 '. [Oris~a Act 5 of 19811 (c) "Civil Court" includes (i) any court exercising jurisdiction under the Provineid Insolvency Act, 1920 ; and 5 of 1920 , (ii) a court csercising plwcrs under the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act. 1887 ; 9 of 1887 (d) "Co-operative society" meam a society register& or deemed to have b m odsm ~d 2 registered under the Orissa Co-operatiye Societies Act, I962 ; of 1963. (e) "debt" means all IiabiIiLies Lo a mooey-lender in cash or kisd secured or . unsecured, payable undcr a dscree or order OF a CiviI Court or other wise includins any tn::saction which is in subshnw a dcbt, and subsisting on the date of the commel~cs~nant of this Act whether due or not due 4 Cf) "money-Iendef' mans n mouzy-lend= as de6ned in the Orissa Monq O r l ~ Ad 3 Lenders Act, 1939 ; of 1939. Cg) "rural artisan" means a perion who does: not hold any agricultural land and whose principal lucans bf livelihood is production ' 'or repair of mdil~onal tools, iniplcments~ and , other arLicIes or thiags used f o ~ agriculture or purposes ancilla$ thereto and also'a person who normally earns: his livelihood b y - p n c t i s i ~ a cmft either. by his own labour or by the labour of the member;; of his family in the rural area and whose a ~ u a l income does no; excczd two thousand and four handred rum; Ih) "scheduled debtor" ium nc: a p:rsiln who is a timall fame r or a rural a r h n or an agricultur~l Ibbourcr and . who is prdhrily resident in the State of Orissa; (i) ''hmaI1 farmer" means a h r ~ n z c - lvho o m land measuriqj not more than one standad acre and wt~oscprincipal source of inwme is aficulture or any allied occupations; - , , , . OrIm Ael "standard acr:!' mebus; a , s~andard . acre a defined rn the O r b Land I6