Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires : (a) "Flood Plain" means and includes water channel, flood channel and that area of nearby lowland and which is susceptible to flood by inundation : (b) "Flood Plain Zoning" means restricting any human activity in the flood plains of a river where the plains are created by over flow of water from the channels of rivers and streams : (c) "Flood Zone" means the area which is required to carry the flow of the maximum probable floods : (d) "Flood Zoning Authority" in relation to this Act, means the authority appointed by the State Government under section 3, (e) "Land" means and includes interest in lands, benefits arising out of lands and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth: (f) "Occupier" in respect of any land, means any person who has an interest in the land and cultivates the land himself or by his servants or by hired labour and includes a tenant ; (g) "Owner" in relation to any land includes any person having interest in such land ; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act ; (i) "river" means and includes its tributaries ; (j) "Water Channel" means the channel in which the flow of a river is generally confined.