Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:--

1. (a) "agent" means an agent appointed under section 4;
2. (b) "Code" means the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966;
3. (c) "Committee" means an Advisory Committee constituted under sub-section

1. (1) of section 6;
   • (d) "grower of minor forest produce" means:--
     • (i) in respect of minor forest produce grown in areas as may, from time to time, be constituted, as reserved or protected forests under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the State Government; and
     • (ii) in respect of minor forest produce grown in areas not covered by sub-clause (i)--
   • (a) the State Government, where the minor forest produce is grown on unoccupied land as defined in clause
2. (41) of section 2 of the Code;
   • (b) the occupant or a tenant or a Government lessee of the holding or a superior holder, as the case may be, in a unit on which the minor forest produce grows; and includes every person who, from time to time, claims title to such produce through him;
   • (e) "minor forest produce" means any forest produce as defined in clause
3. (4) and clause (b)
   • (i) and
   • (ii) of sub-section
4. (4) of section 2 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (excluding timber, trees and charcoal, but including bamboos) as may be specified in the Schedule; and the State Government may, from time to time by notification in the Official Gazette, add to or modify the Schedule, after considering the necessity in the public interest of regulating the trade of any minor forest produce; and the provisions of sub-section
5. (3) of section 19 in so far as they relate to laying before, and modification by, the State Legislature shall apply in relation to such notification as they apply in relation to any rule made under that section;
   • (f) "specified area" means the area specified in the notification under sub-section
6. (3) of section 1;
   • (g) "tenant" includes--
     • (i) a tenant as defined in sub-section
7. (40) of section 2 of the Code, and
   • (ii) a tenant as defined in--
   • (a) the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, in relation to the Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra;
   • (b) the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950, in relation to the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra;
   • (c) the