Definitions

Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) "Agriculture" includes horticulture, apiculture, poultry farming, stock breeding and cultivation of crops, earthnuts and vegetables or any other produce of the soil:
2. (b) "Agricultural land" means land used for the purpose of agriculture;
3. (c) "Creditor" includes his heirs, legal representatives and assigns;
4. (d) "Debt" means any liability of a farmer, in cash or kind, whether secured or unsecured, and whether payable under a decree or order of a civil court or otherwise and subsisting on the date of the commencement of this Act;
5. (e) "Farmer" means a person who holds agricultural land and whose principal means of livelihood is income derived from agricultural land or manual labour on such land and includes a tenant who cultivates the land;
6. (f) "Money lender" implies a person as defined in the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Money Lenders Act, 1349 F or the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Money Lenders Act, 1957;
7. (g) "Moratorium" means the period during which the recovery of any debt is stayed under this Act.