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Definitions.-- in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) "Appointed day" means- (i) in relation to any renant who, immediately before the commence- ment of this Act, is recorded as an O'ccupancy tenant of any land in the revenue records, on the 15th day of JUrie, 1952. (ii) in relation to any tenant who obtains a right of occupancy in any land after the commencement of'this Act, the date on which he obtains such right of occupancy;' (b) "Collector" means the Collector of the district in which the land, in respect of which proprietary rights are vested in an ocoUpancy tenant under this Act is situate; and includes any officer not beiow the of an Assietant ColleetO1 of the-tiiit'ai-kfreilieCiallieni-: powered by the State Government to- Perfonn the dtitie'i of a COI- lector under this Act; '7' ' • (c) "Commissioner" and "Financial Commissioner" have the mean- ings, respectivelY'assbned to them under the Punjab Land Rev- enue Act; XVII of 1887"(Punjab Act, XVII of 1887); (d) "land'', "land revenue and "rent" have the meanings respec- tively assigned to them in the Fimjab *Tenancy Act, XVI of '1887. (Punjab Act XVI of 1887); (e) "landlord" means a person under whom an occupancy tenant holds land and to whom the occupancy tenant is, or but for special contract would be, liable to pay rent for that land, and includes the predecessors and successors in interest of a landlord and shall for the putpcises of section 4 includes the Mortgagee: (f) 'occupancy tenant" means a tenant who, immediately before the commencement or this Act, is recorded as an occupancy ten- ant in the revenue records and inaludee a tenant who, after such commencement, obtains a right of oocuparidY in respect of the 7- THE PUNJAB OCCUPANCY TENANTS (VESTING OF PROPERIETARY RIGHTS) ACT, 1952 83 Section:- 3 land held by him whether by agreement with the landlord or through a court Of competent juriedictiOn or otherwiSe; and in- cludes elk, the PredecessorS and successors in interest'of an occupancy tenant. Case Law Sections 2(a), 2(f)and 3—The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, Section 77(3)(d)— Occupancy Rignts--zAOquisiiion of - Granted by Revenue CoUrt—Held—After coming-in force bf Act Oil 952,revenue courts were not competent to decide the question-and every tenant claiMing occupancy rights automatically became owner of the land by operation of law-Impugnedordera set aside.; Surinder Kumat v. V.P. Johahr, Financial Commissioner, Haryana : 2002(3) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (P&H) 676