Definitions

In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,— "Collector" means the Collector of the district as described in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, and includes

1. (1) any officer appointed by the [State] Government to perform all or any of the functions and exercise all or any of the powers of the Collector under this Act, and
2. (2) any Colonization Officer or Assistant Colonization Officer appointed as such before the commencement of this Act, whether or not such officer was by notification appointed to perform all or any of the functions of a Deputy Commissioner under the Act hereby repealed. "Commissioner" includes any officer appointed by the [State] Government to perform all or any of the functions and exercise all or any of the powers of a Commissioner under this Act. "Colony" means any area to which this Act shall be applied by order of the [State] Government and, unless the [State] Government otherwise directs any area to which the Government Tenants (Punjab) Act, 1893, has been applied. "Prescribed" means sanctioned by the [State] Government under this Act or under the Act hereby repealed. "Improvements" means such improvements as defined in section 4
3. (19) of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, as the tenant is permitted to make under the conditions applicable to his tenancy. "Tenant" means any person holding land in a colony as a tenant of [Government] and includes the predecessors and successors in interest of tenant. "Original tenant" means any male to whom a tenancy is first allotted by the Collector, and includes the male transferee of such a tenant and any male nominated by the Collector in accordance with the provisions of section 21 to succeed a female, to whom a tenancy was first allotted.