Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

1. (a) "Member" means a member of the Tribunal;
2. (b) “Person” means an individual, a family, joint family, trustee, company, body corporate, partnership firm, society or an association of individuals whether incorporated or not;
3. (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
4. (d) “Regulation” means the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886;
5. (e) “Rules” means the rules made under this Act;
6. (f) "State Government" means the Government of Assam;
7. (g) "Tribal Belts and Blocks" means such areas notified under Chapter X of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886:
8. (h) "Tribunal" means the District Land Tribunal constituted under this Act;
   • (i) "Unauthorized Occupant” means any person or organization or a company or a body corporate in occupation, of lands in tribal belts and blocks, without the sanction or authority of the Government or such other authority duly authorised on it’s behalf;
9. (j) “Year” means the Financial Year.