Definitions

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

1. (1) "Board" means the Gujarat Khar Lands Development Board constituted under section 3;
2. (2) "embankment" means any embankment made or maintained by the State Government or by the Board in connection with any work of reclamation or protection of Khar lands and includes all banks, dams, walls and groynes or any other works constructed for the protection of lands from floods or from erosion or other damage by water;
3. (3) "Khar land" means such salt or tidal land as may be reclaimed or protected by the construction of an embankment;
4. (4) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
5. (5) "sea" includes any bay, creek, river or channel into which tidal water flows;
6. (6) "tidal land" means such part of the shore or bank of the sea as is submerged at high tide;
7. (7) "tidal water" means any part of the sea or any river, creek or channel which is affected by the ebb and flow of the tide.