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I n this Act, rtnl~ss the context othmwise requires,-- ~efiniti.,ns. (a) " Collector " means a Revenue Divisional Officer and includes sny person appointed by the State Government whether by nAme or in virtue of his office, to exercise any of tltc Func:ions of 2. Collector under this Act ; - (b) Est~.tes L3.nd Act " means the '[Tamil Naaui Estates L?nd Act, 1908 ('[Tamil N?.du] Act I of 1908) ; c c in?lll" lllezns en inqm land as d.efined in and iacllldes zn nssibnment of land icvenuc of? such inaln 1311d ; - --- _-- 1 These words were substituted for the word " Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) order, 1969. 2 For Statement of Objects an6 Reasons, see 3ort St. George Gnzette, Part IV-A, dajed the 5th December 1956, pages 245-246. 8 This cxprersion was substituted for the expre-ion #'State of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Atlaptiltion of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by I he Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second mend- tnent) Order, 1969. - -- 6% r n ~ & (kssctssmenr) [ I Y S ~ : T.K. ket (d) " in*,b.m 1 2,nd. " m :pons any ltnd th*: grant of which ia inom h2.s b ~ e n rnldc, confirrncd or recognized by thc Govament and inc;lj ides any insin collstituthg an estate under the Est~.tes Liad Act, b!lt docs 1%~: i~lclldc- (i) ally estate to which th-;. provisions of the '[~ernil Nadu] ~str.tfs (Abolition and Conversion i rlto Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (l[Tamil W?du] Act XXVI of 194S), apply or may b: applied ; (ii) any ryoti ilrtd, th9.t is to s:ij, ~ i i l y cultivable 13.d in an estp.tc held by a person othw rkdn the land holder ; (iii) any i?nd grmted by a i:!ndii~lder on service tenure either free of rent tr on favo~tr:~ble rates of reM if granted before ti ~e p~ssing of the Estst cs 1d':ntL Act or free of rent if granted after that dm, so long ;IS the s:rvice tenuse subsists ; (iv) b:ds arid blrllds of titl~ks and of supply, d r ~ i - n:tge surplus or irrig:!&ion ch~.i~neis ; (v) thrcslling floor, cattle st:!nd s, v i sites an(' other lands which rrc set apart io: ! Irc c:olnrnntl use of the villagers ; (vi) wil st e Ltnd s and f'o~ est s . Exp1matlm.-The exprcssi~n ' ldrld holder ' sha 11 have the meaning ~5sibned to it i l l clause (5) of section 3 oft he Estates L?nd Acl . (e) '' s<:ttlzmen t " includes roseitfcrn~nt .