Chapter I PRELIMINARY

Short title.--This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1972.

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

1. (a) "Deputy Commissioner" means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Deputy Commissioner of a District, and includes any other officer authorised by the Government by notification to perform the functions of a Deputy Commissioner under this Act and the rules made thereunder :
2. (b) "Director" means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Director of Agriculture, and includes any other officer authorised by the Government by notification to perform the functions of the Director under this Act and the rules made thereunder :
3. (c) "District Land Improvement Committee" means a Committee constituted under section 4 :
4. (d) "erosion" means the removal or displacement of earth, stones or other materials by the action of wind or water ;
5. (d) "Enquiry Officer" means an officer of the Government appointed by a District Land Improvement Committee under sub-section

1. (3) of section 7 ;
   • (f) "landowner" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Samvat 1996 ;
   • (g) "notified area" means any area declared to be a notified area under section 3 ;
   • (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act :
     • (i) "reclamation" in relation to land includes making land fit for cultivation or making any other improvement of land ;
   • (j) "scheme" means a land improvement scheme made under this Act ;
   • (k) "Soil Conservation Officer" means a Divisional Soil Conservation Officer or an Assistant Soil Conservation Officer appointed by the Government in respect of a specified area to perform the functions of the Soil Conservation Officer under this Act and the rules made thereunder ;
   • (l) "waste land" means any land rendered unfit for cultivation on account of accumulation of sand, growth of weeds, soil erosion or any other cause notified by the Government ; and
   • (m) "work" means any work of public utility constructed, erected or carried out under a scheme.