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as in thc West Bengal Estat~s Acquisidon Act, 1953. ACtlOr - : (8) "Pcrsonal cultivation" means cultivarion by a person of his own land on his own account- (a) by his own labour, or (b) by h e labour of any membcr of his family. or (c) by scrvanrs or labourers on wages payablc in cash or in kind =[(not being as a share of the product)] or bo1h: 'Provided [hat such person or memhr of his family resides for he grcaler pan of thc ycar in the localily whcrc h e land is si~uated and [he principal sourcc of his income is "[produce of] such land. 3Explattario~t.-The lerrn "family" shall have the same meaning as in clause (c) of scciion 14K. (9) "prescribed" mcans prescribed by rulcs made by h e Sta[c Governmcnr under h i s Acl; 5(9A) "prescribed auhoriry" means an aulhorily appointed by the Slate Government, by no~ificnljon in h e OfJiciai Gazelre, for all or any of Ihc purposcs of [his Act; 'Clnuse (7) wit? subslilutcd Tor rhc original ckuse by 3. S(b) of the West Bengal Land R c l o m (Amendment) Acl, 1981 (Wcsr Bcn. ACI L 01 1481). w.e.L 7.8.69. Prior ro thk subs~i~u~ion, rhe words "bul does no1 includc~~li". wcrc inscnedattheendof originalclause (7), by s. 2(ii)of the WeslBengd Lmd Rclarna (Amcndmenr) Act, 1972 (W~~rBen.Acr XI1 or 1972), 'Thc list bnckcls nod words wilhin rhc square bnckcls wcrc inserted by s. Z[iii). ibid. 'The 'Proviso' and rht 'Erplu~mlian' wcrcdded focl~use (8) by s. 2of the Wcst Bengal L a d ReTom (Amnd~ncnl) Act, 1977 (WESI Bcn. Act X X X ~ V of 1977). 'Thc words wihin the square bnckeE were subsfitutcd for he words "pmduccd fron~" by s. 2 oirhr: West Bengal Land Rcrorms (A~ncndwnr) Act, 1978 (West Bcn, Acr XXXlX of 1978). w.e.L 3.2.78. 'Clause (9A) was inscncd by s. 2 olhc Wcsr B e n d Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, The Wesr BerrgaI Larrd Rejon~rs Acr, 1955. '(10) "raiyar" means a person or an institution holding land for any purposes whakoever; (1 1) "revcnuc" means whalevcr is lawfully payblc or deliverable in money or kind or both by a raiyar under d ~ e provisions OF this Act in rcspcct of [IIZ land held by him; (12) "Revenuc OIIicer" rncans any officer whom lhc State Govcmmcnt may ?appoint by name or by viituc of his officc to discharge any orhc funclions of a Rcvcnuc Officer in any arca; !(13) "Scheduled Tribe" shall have the samc meaning as in clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution of India. '3. The provisions of this Act shall havc cffcct no~withstanding A a t o anylhing inconsis~enl therewith in any olher law for the time being in ~ ~ ~ ~ V s forcc or in any custom OF usage or conriact, express or implied, or agreement or dccree OF order or decision or award or a courl, ~ribunal or other aulhoriry. '3A. ( 1 ) The righb and intcrests of a11 non-agricul~ural lenanls and Wcrt Ben. under- tenants under !he Wcst Bengal Non-Agricul tural Tenancy Act, 1\c1 XX of