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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Calcutta Metropolitan , District" means the area des- cribed as such in the Schedule to the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Develop- ment of Land) Control Act, 1965 ; (b) "hut" means any structure, no substantial Part of which, excluding the walls up to a height of fifty centimetres above the floor level, is constructed of masonary, reinforced concrete, ferro-concrete„ cemented brick work, steel, iron or other metal or any combination thereof or pre-fabricated mate- rials ; (c) "intermediary" means a proprietor, a tenure-holder, a lessee or a sub-lessee or holder of any other ten- ancy interest in land, whether liable to pay any rent or not, but does not include a thika tenant ;, (d) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette ; (e) "occupier", in relation to any land, hut or other structure, includes— (i) any person who, for the time being, is paying, or liable to pay, to the owner, the rent or any por- tion of the rent thereof, (ii) an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using, such land, hut or other structure, (iii) a rent-free tenant, (iv) any person who is a licensee in occupation, and West Bengal ActXIV of 1965. (v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner dam- ages for the use and occupation of such land, hut or other structure ; (f) "owner", in relation to a land, hut or other structure, includes any person who is receiving or is entitled to receive the rent of such land, hut or other structure on his own account or on behalf of him- self and others or as agent or trustee, or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive it if the land, hut or other structure were let to a tenant ; (g). "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (h) "prescribed authority" means— (i) in respect of any area within the Calcutta Metro- politan District,— (a) unless otherwise specified by the State Govern- ment, the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority constituted under section 3 of the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Autho- r] ty Act, 1970, or b) such local authority, having jurisdiction over any slum within such area, as the State Government may,, on the recommendation of the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Autho- rity, specify, (ii) in respect of any other area, the local authority having jurisdiction over the area or any other authority, empowered by the State Government by notification, to perform the functions of the prescribed authority under this Act in such area ; Presi- dent's Act 17 of