Definitions

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

1. (a) "City" means a city constituted under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bom. LIX of 1949);
2. (b) "Collector" means a Collector appointed under the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bom. V of 1879) and includes any officer appointed by the State Government to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a Collector under this Act;
3. (c) "Compact block" means such area as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify as a compact block for the purposes of this Act;
4. (d) "Municipal borough" means a municipal borough constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Guj. 34 of 1964);
5. (e) "Trust" means a public trust registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 (Bom. XXIX of 1950);
6. (f) "Urban area" means—
   • (i) any area within the limits of a city or a municipal borough; and
   • (ii) any other area which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be an urban area for the purposes of this Act having regard to the extent and density of the population and the need for planned development of the area;
7. (g) "Vacant land" means land, not being land mainly used for the purpose of agriculture, in an urban area, whether or not it is assessed to land revenue, which is not built upon or on which construction is not in progress; Provided that any land on which a building is being constructed, or is proposed to be constructed, in accordance with the prior permission of the local authority, or where such permission is not required, in accordance with the law for the time being in force, shall not be deemed to be vacant land.