Definitions

(b) "cultivating tenant" means- (i) a cultivating tenant as defined in clause (aa) of section 2 of the Tenants Protection Act ; or (ii) a cultivating tenant as defined in clause (5) of section 2 of the Public Trusts Act ; (c) "flood affected areas" means the areas specified in the Schedule to this Act ; (d) "pay" with its grammatical variations, includes deliver ; (e) "Public Trusts Act" means the Tamil Nadu Public Trusts (Regulation of Administration of Agricultural Lands) Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 57 of 1961) ; (f) "rent" means the rent payable by a cultivating tenant to the landlord or to the public trust for the fasli year ending with the 30th day of June 1986 and includes any amount of compensation due for the use and occupation of house property or any other immovable property ; (g) "suit" or "application" shall include an appeal from a decree or order passed in a suit or application or an application for revision or review ; (h) "Tenants Protection Act" means the Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 (Tamil Nadu Act XXV of 1955) ; (i) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Tenants Protection Act or in the Public Trusts Act shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Tenants Protection Act or in the Public Trusts Act, as the case may be.