Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Land Development Act, 1973. (2) It shall extend to the whole of Himachal Pradesh. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "committee" means the District Land Development Committee constituted for the District under section 3; (b) "owner" in relation to any land means a person having a proprietary right in the land and includes-- (i) a usufructuary mortgagee of such right, and (ii) a tenant of the land as hereinafter defined; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) "reclamation" includes cultivation, afforestation and any other improvement of land; (e) "State Government" means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; and (f) "tenant" includes a usufructuary mortgagee of the rights of a tenant.