Definition

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

1. (a) “Assistant Commissioner (Revenue)” means the Revenue Officer in charge of revenue administration in a District Headquarters or within a District or in a sub-division and includes the Sub Deputy Commissioner (Revenue);
2. (b) “community land” means any land or area of land recognised by the locality or its surrounding people as a ‘community land’ which includes, but is not limited to, village safety reserve, village supply reserve, grazing areas, water bodies, playgrounds, graveyards and other such common-use-land or area;
3. (c) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of a District and includes an Additional Deputy Commissioner to assist the Deputy Commissioner in the matter of revenue administration;
4. (d) "encroachment" means unauthorised occupation;
5. (e) "Government" means the State Government of Mizoram;
6. (f) "government land" in so far as it relates to the provisions of this Act shall mean any land owned, occupied or possessed by the State Government;
7. (g) "land" means broadly any ground, soil or earth, whether covered or not, and which is or may be utilized for agricultural or non-agricultural purposes or purposes subservient thereto and includes benefits to arise out of such land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
8. (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by the State Government by rules made under this Act;
   • (i) "public land" means any land or area of land recognized by the locality or its surrounding people not as a land belonging to any private individual or person or institution, and shall include Government land, public space and community land;
9. (j) "public space" means any space reserved and recognized by the public for the purpose of gathering and other purposes.