Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--

1. (1) “Agriculture” includes--
   • (a) the raising of annual or periodical crops and garden produce;
   • (b) horticulture;
   • (c) the planting and upkeep of orchards; and
   • (d) the reserving of land for fodder, grazing or thatching grass;
2. (2) “building” means a house, a hut, shed or other structure for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever material constructed and every part thereof, whether used as a human habitation or not and includes well, latrine, drainage work, fixed platforms, verandah, plinth, doorstep, compound wall, fencing and the like, and any work connected therewith;
3. (3) [“Collector”]1 includes an officer authorised by the State Government to perform all or any of the functions of the [Collector]1 under this Act;
4. (4) “place of worship” means premises used for wor- ship;
5. (5) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
6. (6) “road” means a metalled road maintained by the State Government or by a local authority; and
7. (7) the expression “erect or re-erect any building” includes--
   • (a) any material alteration or enlargement of any building;
   • (b) the conversion by structural alteration into a place for human habitation of any building not originally constructed for human habitation;
   • (c) the conversion by structural alteration of any building originally constructed for human habitation into a place not meant for human habitation
   • (d) the conversion by a structural alteration of one or more places of human habitation into a greater number of such places;
   • (e) the conversion by structural alteration of two or more places of human habitation into greater number of such places;
   • (f) such alteration of the internal arrangement of a building as effects a change in its drainage or sanitary arrangements or affects its stability;
   • (g) the addition of any rooms, buildings, out houses or other structures to a building;
   • (h) the reconstruction of the whole or any part of the external walls of a building or the renewal of the posts of wooden buildings.