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In this unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,----- (a) “agricultural year” means the Bengali year commencing on the first day of Baisakh. (b) “agricultural land” means land ordinarily used for purposes of agriculture or horticulture and includes such land, notwithstanding that it may be lying fallow for the time being; (c) “charitable purpose” includes the relief of the poor, medical relief or the advancement of education or of any other object of general public utility. (d) “Collector” means the Collector of a disctirct or any other officer appointed by the State Government to discharge any of the functions of the Collector under this Act; (e) “date of vesting” means the date mentioned in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 4; (f) “estate” or “tenure” includes part of an estate or part of a tenure; 1(ff) * * * * * (g) “homestead” means a dwelling house together with ---- any courtyard, compound, garden, out-house, place of worship, family, grave-yard, library , office, guest-house, tanks, wells privies, larines, drains and boundary walls annexed to or appertaining to such dwelling house ; (h) “incumbrance” in relation to estates and rights of intermediaries therein dos not include the the rights of a raiyat or of an under –raiyat or ofa non-agricultural tenant 2[ but shall, except in the case of land allowed to be retained by an intermediary under the provisions of section 6, include all rights or interests of whatever nature, belonging to intermediaries or other persons , which relate to lands comprised in estates or to the produce thereof]; 1Clause (ff) , which was inserted with retrospective effect by s. 2 of the west Bengal Estates Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1955 (West Ben. Act XXXV of 1955), was omitted with retrospective effect by s.2(1) of the west Bengal Acquisition (Amendment) act 1957 (West Ben Act IV of 1957). 2These words within the square brackets were inserted with retrospective effect by s. 2(a) of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition (Second Amendment) Act, 1957 (West Ben. Act XXV of 1957) 7 Pasge …3 ( Chapter I. ---Peliminary .--- Section 2.) 1(i) “ intermediary” means a proprietor, tenure-holder, under-tenure-holder or any other intermediary above a raiyat or a non-agricultural tenant and includes a service tenure-holder and, in elation to mines and minerals, includes a lessee and a sub-lessee; (j) “non-agricultural land” means land other than agricultural land 2[or other than land comprised in a forest]; (k) “non –agricultural tenant” means a tenant on non-agricultural land who holds under a proprietor, a tenure-holder 3[, a service tenure-holder] or an under –tenure-holder; (l) “notified area” means a district or part of a district in respect of which a notification has been duly published under section 4; (m) “prescribed “ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (n) “religious purpose” means a purpose connected with religious worship, teaching or service or any performance of religious rites; (o) “rent” means whatever is lawfully payable or deliverable in money or kind or both, by a tenant to his landlord, on account of the use or occupation of the land held by the tenant and includes also money revoverable under any enactment for the time being in force as if it was rent; VIII of 1885. (p) expressions used in this Act and not otherwise defined have in relation to the areas to which the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, applies, the same meaning as in that Act and in relation to other areas meaning as similar thereto as the existing law relating to land tenures applying to such areas, permits. 1Clause (i) was substituted for the original clause with restrospective effect by s.2(2) of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition (Amendment) Act , 1957 (West Ben. Act IV of 1957). 2These words within the square brackets were inserted with retrospective effect by s.2(b) of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition (Second amendment) Act, 1957 (West Ben. Act XXV of 1957). 3These words within the square brackets were inserted with retrospective effect by s.2 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition ( Amendment ) Act, 1960 (West Ben. Act XVII of 1960). 8 Page …4. (Chapter I. Preliminary. – Section 3. Chapter II. Acquisition of estates and of the rights of intermediaties therein . –Section 4.) Act override