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In [his Act,unless there is anylhing rcpugnanr in Lhc subjcct or D~finiIi~ns. contcxL,- '(a) "Calcuth" means the area described in Schcdulc I to thc \Vest Bcn. Acr LIX Calculra Municipal Corporation Act, 1980; or t 980. (b) "Controller" means a Controller appointed under sub- section (1) of scction 26 and includcs an Additional Controller and a Deputy Con&ollcr appoinlcd under sub-section (2) OF h a t seclion; (c) "fair rent" in rcladon to any premises means the fair rent referred lo in scclion 8 or where the fair renl has been increased under section 9 such increased rent or where the [air rent has been revised under section 11 such revised renl; "hole1 or lodging house" means an eslablishrnent where lodging with or wilhoul board ar othcr scrvice is provided for a monetary considcralion; (d) "landlord" includes any person who, for thc lime being, is entitled to rcccivc or b u ~ for a special contact, would be enlillcd to rcccive, thc rcnt of any premises, whelher or not on his own accounr; )(dd) "manager OF a ho~el" includes any person in charge of the management of a hotel; (c) "notificalion" means a noufication published in h e Oficial Gozetle; '(ee) "owner of a lodging house" means any person who for h e timc being is receiving any monetary considemiion from any person on account 01 board or lodging, or othcr service in h e lodging housc, and includcs any person who is cnlilled to insliturc a suit for thc recovery of such monctary consideration; (fj "premises" nieans any building or part of n building or any hut or pas or a hut let separately and includes- (i) the gwdcns, grounds and out-houses, if any, appertaining thcrcro, (ii) any iurniiure supplied or any fittings or fixtures affixed for the use of the tenant in such building or pan of a building or hut or part of a hut, bul docs not include a room in a hole1 or a lodging house; 'Clause (a) rvas subsulu~cd for thc original claux by s. 2 olrhe \V&I Bengal Premises Tcnancy (Arnendmeni) Act. 1986 (IVest Bm. Acr XVI of 1986). ~Clnusr: (cc) wm inscncd by s, 2(1) of the Wcsl Bengd Premises Tenmcy (Second A~ncndmenr) Act. 1969 (West Ben. Acl XXXlV of 1969), 'Clausc (dd] w a inscnrd by s. 2(2), ibid. 'Clausc (cc) was inscncd hv s, 3 3 ) , ihid. The West Berrgal Pren~ises Tetlutrql Acr, 1956. [West Ben. Act (g) "prcscribed" means prcscribed by rules framcd undcr his Acl; (h) "tcnant" ?[means any person] by whom or on whose accounr or behalf, rhe rent of any premiscs is, or but for a special contracl would be, payable and '[includes any person continuing in possession afwr the terminalion of his tenancy or in he even1 or such person's dearh, such or his heirs as were ordinarjly rcsiding with hlm at rhc rime of his death,] but shall not includc any person against whom any decree or ordcr for eviclion has bccn made by a Court of cornpctcnt jursidiction. Ccnain