Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation as defined by clause (10) of section 2 of the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949; (b) "excess vacant land" means the land vested in the State Government the possession of which has been taken over by the State Government under the repealed Act before the 30th March, 1999; (c) "occupant" means the person who is in occupation of the residential structure constructed on the excess vacant land from or prior to 1st January, 2011 till the date of coming into force of this Act and includes such person who as a result of a transaction or transactions during the period commencing from 1st January, 2011 and ending on 31st May, 2016 is in occupation of such structure on the date of coming into force of this Act; (d) "occupancy price" means such sum of money as notified by the State Government which the occupant is obliged to pay for validating the occupancy; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under section 15; (f) "repealed Act" means the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976; (g) "residential structure" means an abode of any type on the excess vacant land used by the occupant for the purpose of personal habitation and includes any appurtenant livelihood activities within the said structure; (h) "State Government" means the Government of Gujarat. In the Gujarat Validation of Occupancy and Allotment of Certain Lands of Excess Vacant Land Vested in the State Government (under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976) Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 7, in sub-section (3), for the words, brackets and figure "within a period of one month of the receipt of the notice under sub-section (2)", the words "within period as may be prescribed" shall be substituted.