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In this Act, unless the content otherwise requires,- I (1) C c authorisc d officer " meads any I[Reven 1 e Officer not below the rank of lahsildar] authorised by the Govzrnrnent by notification to ~xcrcise the p3wers conferred on, and discharge the duties imposed upm, the authorised officer under this Act, for such arca as may be specified in the notification; (2) 6' Court " means the Subordinate JudgtSs Court having jurisdiction and if thcre is no such Sub- ordinate Judge's Court, the District Court having jurisdiction; (3) c c Government " means the State Govern- ment; (4) '6 kudiyiru.ppu" means the site of any dwel- ling house or hut (other than in a plantation or land hild for ancillary purposes of plantation), occupisd, either as tenant or as licensee, by any rural artisan and includcs such othcr area adjacent to such dwelling house or hut as mxy bc necessary for the convenient enjoyment thereof. Explanation I.-For the purposes of this Act, it shall be presumed that any person occupying the kudiyiruppu is a rural artisan until the contrary is proved. Explanation 11.-In determining the qucstion whe- ther for the purposes of this clause any arta adjacent to the dwelling house or hut is neccsszry far the conven- icnt enjoym~nt of such dwelling house or hut- (i) the area ~ h i c h the rural artisan had been enjoying on the 1st day of July, 1973; and (ii) such other factors, as may be prescribed, shall be taken into account; 1 I (5) cc person interested ", in rclation to any kudi- yiruppu or superstructure thcreon, includcs any pcrson claiming, or entitled to claim, an interest in the amount payable on account of the vcsting of that kudiyiruppu or in the rural artisan; I i ~ h e s e words were substiluted for the words '<Gazetted Officer" by section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Kudiyiruppu Laws (Amendment) Act, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1982). Remove Watermark Wondershare PDFelement 1976: President$~ Act 381Rural Artisans (conferment of 659 Ownership of Kudiyiruppu) (6) " plantation " means any land used for growing all or any of the following, namely, cardamom, cinchona, coffee, rubber or tea ; (7) " plantation labourer " means a person whose principal means of livelihood is the income he gets as wages for his manual labour on plantation ; (8) " rural artisan " means a person, other than a plantation labourer, who does not hold any land other than the kudiyiruppu and whose annual household income does not exceed two thousand and four hundred rupees and- (a) whose principal means of livelihood is production or repair of traditional tools, implements and other articles of things used for agriculture or pur- poses ancillary thereto ; or (b) who normally earns his livelihood by practising any craft either by his own labour or by the labour of the members of his family. Explanation.-For the purposes of this clause,- (i) a village carpenter, blacksmith, barber, washer- man or potter or any other person engaged in any such calling or employment as the Government may, by notifi- cation, specify shall be deemed to be a rural artisan if he does not hold any land other than the kudiyiruppu and his annual household income does not exceed two thousand and four hundred rupees and he normally earns his livelihood by practising the craft either by his own labour or by the labour of the members of his family ; (ii) " annual household income " means the total of the annual income from all sources of all the members of a family ; (iii) " family ", in relation to a person, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual and their unmarried minor children ; (iv) "minor" means a person who has not completed his or her age of eighteen years ; (9) " Schedule " means the Schedule appended this Act ; Remove Watermark Wondershare PDFelement 640 Rural Artisans (conferment of [I97 : President's Act 38 Ownership of Kudiyiruppu) k I (10) "tenant" means any person who has paid or has agreed to pay rent or other consideration for his being allowed by another to enjoy the land of the latter under a tenancy agreement, express or implied, and in- cludes his heirs and legal representatives ; (1 1) " to hold land " with its grammatical varia- tions and cognate expressions, means to hold land whether as owner, tenant or mortgagee with possession or partly in one capacity and partly in another; (12) " vested kudiyiruppu or superstructure " means the kudiyiruppu or the superstructure which has vested absolutely in a rural artisan under section 5. Rural artisan