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In this Act- u!;kqs the context other\yi.;e requirds- Definitions3, (a) ' Collector ' rilcans the Collector of the district ; (6) ' Disf lict Cornmiitce means the 1Distri~:t Land Ir~aprovcmcnt Co~nmittce constituted under st;ctiou 1 1 ; (c) ' drought ' maus lack of adequate tnoisiurl: in tho land required for cultivaiion ; " (dj ' erosion ' means the removal or displ:icement, of earth, stones or other materials by the action of wind or water ; (e) ' Executing Officer' ineans an officer appointed under section 21 to execute a scheme ; (f) ' Government ' means the State Governmeilt ; (g) 'Inquiry Officer' m3ans an officer appoinied by the Land Improvement Board under sub-section (5) of section 15 ; (h) ' Land Improvement Board ' means '.he l[Tsmil Nadu Land Improvement Board] constituted under section 8 ; (i) ' notified area ' means any area declared to be a notified area under sectioil3 ; (j) ' owner. '- (a) means- I Tl)is expression was subslituted for the expression " Wadrat I.,and Improvement Board" by paragraph 4 of, and the Scliecfule to, the T a d Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970. 41; Land improvement Schemes 11959 : T.N. Act 31 (i) ally person holding land in severaltj or jgiiltly .or in sornmon under a ryotwari settlement or ill any way s~lbject to the paymcnt of rcvenur: direct to the Government, or (ii) a landlioldcr as defined in tire 1jTaixil Nadu] Estates Land Act, 1908 (11T~mii Nadu] Act I of 190S), or d. ryot as defillcd in that Act, or (;.:) -z landlord as d~iii~ed lir he h/E;~.llabr~i T c ~ l s ~ ~ c y A,t, 3929 (l[Tamil Nadu] Act XEV o!' 1930), or s tznarit as dzfined, in that Act, or ( V ) the Central Govcri~mcnt i l l rcspxct of' tht: land v~stc;d i i i ally depart111t:rii mder t-lie Central cover^?- nlent, and (b) i i ~ l ~ ~ d ~ s - . . (i) (112 pi=rsoa for ihc :ilw: hing r~*;civi:ig or :~::iifrcl to ~ i : ~ k ; i ~ i , ~ h ~ t h l ~ ' ~ ' 011 his 0 i ~ i 1 CCC;:LII~ oi i : ~ agci7it, trustez, guardian, manager or receiver fot anothc-,.r g~rso.1, f l ~ c rcnt or profit derivable fiol:~ land, or (ii) a mortgagee with possession, or (iii) a Iessce or sub-lessee ; (m) ' :ail conservatiba ' rn,;iis gropcr land utiTi -- ~ a t i ~ n according to its por'cntialities and includes pre- vention of sui! ~sosion, conservation of moisture, irrigam eioo n herx ter possiL!e and neccssxy, drainage, roeaticnal cropping, im,r?ved tillage and other agronomic pmnticcs cecessary to acl~iicvc mc?ximum produdinn ; (nj ' Soil Conservation Board ' means the kiv.;r Vallcy Soil Co~~servation Board constituted under section 13 ; - -- These wdr:?s were substi, rite(' far the wcrd cGMac'ras" by the Tamil Nadu Adzp txion cf Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tami! NaCu AdaptaLioiz of Laws (Second Arnei~dn~ent) Order, 1969, (0) 'wcl,ic i;iod' mcafir any 1a:id ~ h i c l l . a period of not ics, i i i ~ i thrtc consecutive yciirs L;.; b;Lx~~ lying waste on accoulit of water-logging, s:.ljni~y, a c ~ u - l~~ulation of sand, growth 0; weeds, soil erosii:~ cr aily 1 other cause, or wfiic:r for the period aforesqid kss c.en lying ~lnwltivateci; ) ' i - ' meals iiny work consiiu~tt;d, ereztcd or carrleci out urzdcr a scheme and includes a pastuic or forest provided or raised unc!er a scheme ; (q) the expressions ' cattle ', ( forest-prodwe ', ' timber ' and ' ti.ee ' have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the '[Trrnil Nadu] Forest Act, 1882 IlfTahil Nadu] Act V of 1882). CHAPTER 11, NOTIFICATION OF AREAS APTD CONTROL OVE2 THEM. ,