Definitions .-

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “registered holder” in relation to any land means a person whose name is registered in the revenue records as the proprietor of the land; (b) “relinquishment” means, in the case of any land in the possession of registered holder the unconditional surrender by the registered holder of all his rights over the land, and, in the case of any land in the possession of a cultivating tenant, the unconditional surrender jointly by the registered holder, the cultivating tenant and the intermediaries, if any, of all their rights over the land;; (c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.- (d) the expressions “cultivating tenant” and “intermediary” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Kerala Land Reforms Act 1963 (Act 1 of 1964).”