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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) "Bharatia" means any person by whom or on whose account, rent is payable for any structure or part thereof, owned by a thika tenant, but excludes any person paying rent to a Bharatia and any resident of a structure forfeited by the State Government under sub-section (2) of section 6, irrespective of the status, the said person may have enjoyed earlier; (2) "Controller" means an officer appointed under section 10 and includes and Additional Controller and a Deputy Controller; (3) "holding" means a parcel or parcels of land occupied by a thika tenant under one set of conditions along with any tank included in such land; (4) "hut" means any building or structure, the roof or the floor of which, excluding the floor at the plinth level, is not constructed of masonry or reinforced concrete; (5) "khatal" means a place where cattle are kept or maintained for the purpose of trade or business including business in milk derived from such cattle; (6) "land appurtenant" includes any easement, right, or any common benefits or facilities, or access, passage, drains, tanks and pools which were owned by the landlord and were enjoyed by the thika tenant and the Bharatia, if any, before the date of vesting; 'This Act came into force w.e.f. 1.3.2003 vide the Land & Land Reforms Department notification No. 515-L Ref/125-36/95, dt. 24.2.03, published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinaty, Part I, dt. 25.2.03. West Ben. Act LVIII of