Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu appointed by the president under article 239 of the Constitution; (1A) "Board" means a board constituted under section 3; (1AA) "Collector" means the collector of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; (2) "Director of Agriculture" mean the officer appointed for the time being to be the Director of Agriculture and includes any officer appointed by the Administrator to perform the duties of the Director of Agriculture under this Act; (2A) "Soil Conservation officer" means the officer appointed for the time being to be the soil conservation officer and includes any other officers authorized by the administrator to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a soil conservation officer under this Act; (2B) "Agriculture Officer" means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Agricultural officer; (2C) "Executing officer" means an officer appointed by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 11 and shall be construed according as the scheme are executed at the expense of the Central Government; (3) "Inquiry Officer" mean an officer appointed as such by the Board; (4) "Owner" included an owner in severally, in common or joint, an occupant, a tenure holder, pattadar, tenant, and a mortgagee in possession and the expressions ‘owing’ and ‘own’ shall be construed accordingly; (5) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (5A) "Regulation" means the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Land Revenue Administration regulation, 1971, and Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968; (7) "Scheme" means a land improvement scheme prepared under this Act; (8) the words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, shall have the meaning assigned to them in Regulation.