Definitions

In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,—

1. (1) " affected zone ", in relation to a Project, means the lands declared under section 15 to constitute the area of the affected zone under that Project;
2. (2) " agricultural land " includes lands used or usable for horticulture, the raising of crops, grass or garden produce, dairy farming, poultry farming, breeding of livestock, nursery growing medicinal herbs, and the use by an agriculturist of his land or part thereof for the grazing of his cattle but does not include land used for cutting of wood or grass only;
3. (3) " benefited zone ", in relation to a Project, means the lands declared under section 15 to constitute the area of the benefited zone under that Project;
4. (4) " Code " means the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966;
5. (5) " to cultivate " means to carry on any agricultural operation and the expression " cultivation " shall be construed accordingly;
6. (6) " Director " means the Director of Resettlement appointed under section 4;
7. (7) " displaced person " means any occupant who, on account of the acquisition of his land in the affected zone [including land in the gaothan (hereinafter referred to as " the old gaothan ")] for the purposes of a Project has been displaced from such land, or any agricultural labourer;
8. (8) " agricultural labourer " means a person who does not hold any land in the affected zone but who earns his livelihood principally by manual labour on agricultural land immediately before the area comprising that land is declared to constitute an affected zone under section 15, and who has been deprived of earning his livelihood principally by manual labour on that land;
9. (9) " family ", in relation to a displaced person, means the family of the displaced person consisting of such person and his or her spouse, minor sons, unmarried daughters, minor brothers or sisters, father and mother and other members residing with him and dependant on him for their livelihood;
10. (10) " holding " means the total land held by a person as an occupant or tenant, or as both;
11. (11) " land pool " means the lands referred to in sub-section
12. (3) of section 13 which may be available for resettlement of displaced persons;
13. (12) " Project " means the construction, extension or improvement of any work for the supply of water for the purposes of irrigation (hereinafter called an irrigation project) or for the production and supply of electricity or of any work conducive to electrical development (hereinafter called a power project), and includes any other work of public utility the construction, extension, improvement or development of which results in displacing persons from lands which may be used for such work;
14. (13) " Resettlement Officer ", in relation to a Project, means an officer not below the rank of a Tahsildar appointed by the State Government by an order in writing for that Project for the purposes of this Act;
15. (14) " Zilla Parishad " means a Zilla Parishad established under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961;
16. (15) words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Code.