Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Board" means the Kerala Land Development Board constituted under section 3;) ; (b) "Collector" means the Member-Secretary of the District planning committee constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994)} ((c) "District Committee" means- the District Land Development Committee referred to in section 5.) (d) "Executing Officer" means an Officer appointed under Section 13 to execute a scheme; (e) "Inquiring Officer" means an Officer appointed as such by the District Committee; (f) "owner" means any person for the time being receiving or entitled to receive, whether on his own account, or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for another person, the rent or profit derivable from land and includes a tenant, an occupant or mortgage in possession of land; (ff) "Padasekharam" means a collection of field o other areas of lands, with or without a common outer bund, which is suitable for the adoption of a common cultivation programme or common agriculture) operations including dewatering and irrigation;) (fff) "Padasekharam committee" means a committee constituted under section 7A;) (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "record of rights" means the record of rights and liabilities prepared under Section 20; (i) "scheme" means any Land Development Scheme prepared or to be prepared under this Act; (j) "Work" means any work of public utility constructed, erected or carried out or to be constructed erected or carried out under any scheme under this Act.