Definitions

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

1. (1) "appointed date" means the date appointed under sub-section
2. (3) of section 1;
3. (2) "assessment" means the land revenue assessed and leviable in respect of the land under the provisions of the Code;
4. (3) "authorised holder" means a person in whom the ownership of land vests under the provisions of this Act and who has paid such occupancy price as may be prescribed for the occupancy of the land;
5. (4) "Code" means the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, as in force in the State of Gujarat;
6. (5) "Collector" includes an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Collector appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of the Collector under this Act;
7. (6) "Devasthan inam" means—
   • (i) a grant of soil or of the whole or a share of the land revenue of a village or land to a religious institution;
   • (ii) a grant of a village or land to a religious institution;
   • (iii) holding of land for service or towards the maintenance of a religious institution, whether or not such holding is registered in the alienation register kept under the Code;
8. (7) "Devasthan land" means land held under a Devasthan inam;
9. (8) "inferior holder" means a person who is in possession of Devasthan land or who has a right to such possession and who is liable to pay land revenue to the inamdar or the religious institution but not to the State Government;
10. (9) "inamdar" means a religious institution holding a Devasthan inam;
11. (10) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
12. (11) "religious institution" means an institution for public religious worship such as a temple, a mosque, a church, a fire temple or a synagogue or a religious math, and includes any other institution for public religious worship declared by the State Government to be a religious institution for the purposes of this Act;
13. (12) "tenancy law" means—
    • (i) the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948;
    • (ii) the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region and Kutch Area) Act, 1958;
14. (13) "unauthorised holder" means a person other than an inamdar, an inferior holder or an authorised holder, who is in possession of Devasthan land;
15. (14) words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Code.