Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires --- (a) ‘Collector’ means the Collector of a District; (b) ‘Government’ means the State Government; (c) ‘Inam land’ means any land in respect of which the grant in inam has been made, confirmed or recognized by the Government, and includes any land in the merged territory of Banaganapalle in respect of which the grant in inam has been made, confirmed or recognised by any former Ruler of the territory and includes any land in the merged territory of Banaganapalle in respect of which the grant in Inam has been with or without his consent, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both but does not include an inam constituting an estate under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates Land Act, 1908; (d) ‘Inam village’ means a village designated as such in the revenue accounts of the Government and includes a village so designated immediately before it was notified and taken over by the Government under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1956; (e) ‘Institution’ means a religious, a charitable or an educational institution. (f) ‘Prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) ‘Revenue Court’ means the Court of the Revenue Divisional Officer having jurisdiction over the area in which the inam lands are situate; (h) ‘Ryotwari village’ means a village designated as such in the revenue accounts of the Government; (i) ‘Settlement’ includes resettlement; (j) ‘Tahsildar’ means the Tahsildar having jurisdiction over the area in which the inam lands are situate and includes a Deputy Tahsildar in charge of the taluk or sub-taluk in which the inam lands are situate and an officer of the Revenue Department not lower in rank than a Deputy Tahsildar empowered by the Government in this behalf; (k) ‘Zamindari village’ means a village designated as such in the revenue accounts to the Government and includes a village so designated immediately before it was notified and taken over by the Government under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1956.