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Definitions—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requizes,— (a) “adult” means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age ; (b) “agricultural dispute’ means any dipute or difference between landowners and landowners or between landowners and agricul- turalal workers or between agricultural workers and agricultural workers whichis connected with the employment or non-employ- ment or the terms of employment or with the conditions of labour of any agricultural workers :; Explanation :—Where any landowner discharges, dismisses, retrenches , ot otherwise terminates the services of, or denies employment io, an indi- vidual agricultural worker, any dispute or difference between that agricultural worker aud his employer connected with, or arising out of such discharge, dismissal, retrenchment, termination or denial of employment shall be deemed ~ to be an agricultural dispute notwithstanding that no other agricultural worker nor any Union of agricultural workers is a party to the dispute. (c) “agricultural land” means any land used for cultivation, but does not include any Plantation as defined in the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (Central Act 69 of 1951); (d) “Agricultural Tribunal” in relation to any area, means the Agricultural Tribunal constituted under this Act for that area ; (ce) “agricultural worker” means a person who, in consideration of the wages payable to him by a landowner, works on, or does any other agricultural operation including maintenance of livestock in relation to the agricultural land of such landowner ; (f) “Conciliation officer” means in relation to any area, the conci- liation Officer appointed under this Act for that area ; (g) “family” means husband, wife and their unmarried children or any of them as may exist ; (h) ‘Inspector’? means an Inspector appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5 or deemed, under sub-section (3) of that section to be E appointed for the purposes of this Act. Gi) “landowner” means :— (i) in relation to a land under personal cultivation, the owner of e such land ; (ii) in relation to a land held by a Bargadar or under Raiyat, such Bargadar or under Raiyat as defined in the Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960 (Act 43 of 1960) ; (iii) in any other case, the person in actual possession of the land, and includes his heirs, assignees and legal representatives. Explanation—I—In the purpose of this clause— “Personal cultivation”, with its grammatical variation and cognate expressions, means cultivation by a person on his own account— (i) by his own labour, or (ii) by the labour of any member of his family, or Gii) by servants or by hired labour on wages, payable in cash or in kind but not as a share of produce, under his personal super- vision or the personal supervision of any member of his family ; Explanation-II :—For the avoidance of doubts it is hereby clarified that the Government shall be deemed. to be the landowner, where the land referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (iii) is land owned by, or as the case may be, in the actual possession of, the Government ; (j) “Minor” means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years 5 (k) “prescribed wages” means wages at such rate, not being— (a) less than the minimum rate of wages fixed or revised under the * Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act II of 1948) ; or (b} more than fifteen percent in excess of such minimum rate of wages, as may be specified by the Government by notification in the Gazette ; or (c) the agreed rate of wages, whichever is higher. ‘() “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (m) “wages” means ail remunerations, whether payable in cash or in kind, which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied were fulfilled, by payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment but does not include. (i) the value of (a) any house accommodation, supply of light, water or medical atten- dance ; or (b) any other amenity or any service excluded by general or special order of the Government ; or (ii) any sum paid to the person employed to defray special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment. CHAPTER Ji Officers and Agricultural Tribunal