Definitions.

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires.- (a) the expression "allottee" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land Resettlement) Act, 1949 (East Punjab Act XXXVI of 1949), and shall include an allottee who has been granted ownership rights by the Central Government by virtue of section 12 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 (Act 44 of 1954) : (b) the expressions "estate", "evacuee" and "land" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887), the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 (Act XXXI of 1950) and the East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land Resettlement) Act, 1949, (East Punjab Act XXXVI of 1949), respectively.