Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) ‘alienation’ includes transfer of property by way of sale, mortgage, gift, settlement, lease, hypothecation or partition or a bequest under a will; Received the assent of the Governor on the 3rd day of May, 1999 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 2008 dated 2nd November,1999.
2. (b) 'basic tax' means the tax imposed under the provisions of the Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961 (13 of 1961);
3. (c) 'Collector' means collector of the district having jurisdiction over the area;
4. (d) 'family' means husband and wife, their parents and children living with and dependent on them;
5. (e) 'financial assistance' means assistance by way of loans, advances, guarantees or otherwise for any purposes, as may be prescribed;
6. (f) 'Government' means the Government of Kerala;
7. (g) 'Government land' means any land the proprietary right of which vests in the Government;
8. (h) 'land' means Government land or registered land;
   • (i) 'land holder' means,—
   • (i) in relation to any land held by a cultivating tenant as defined in the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964) such cultivating tenant;
   • (ii) in relation to any land which has not been surveyed and is not held by a cultivating tenant referred to in sub-clause (i), the proprietor of such land;
   • (iii) in relation to any other land, the registered holder for the time being of such land, and includes his legal representatives and assigns and any person who under any law for the time being in force is liable for the payment of public revenue due in respect of the land held by him;
9. (j) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
10. (k) 'registered holder of any land' means the person in whose name the land in question is registered in the Government accounts of the village. Explanation 1.—When any person other than the registered holder is in lawful management of a land, otherwise than as agent or servant of the registered holder or as mortgagee, such person shall be deemed to be the registered holder in respect of such land; Explanation 2.—When a land is so registered in the name of two or more persons jointly, the registered holder shall, for the purpose of this Act, be the person who is recognised by the other joint holder or joint holders as the manager of the land or who, in the case of dispute, is recognised by the Collector as the principal joint holder.
11. (l) 'registered land' means any land the proprietary right of which does not vest in the Government or local bodies;
12. (m) 'register of Revenue Cards' means the register of Revenue Cards maintained under section 3;
13. (n) 'registering authority' means the registering officer appointed under the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908); (O) 'Tahsildar' means the Tahsildar of the taluk having jurisdiction over the area.