Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) "agricultural labourer" means a person whose principal means of livelihood is the income he gets as wages for his manual labour on agricultural land ; (2) "agricultural land" means any land used for any of the following purposes, namely :- (a) horticulture ; (b) the raising of crops, grass or garden produce; (c) grazing ; (d) the raising of manure crops ; (e) dairy farming ; (f) poultry farming ; (g) livestock breeding ; (h) growing of trees ; and (i) includes any land used for any purpose subservient to the above purposes, and any forest land, pasture land, plantation, orchard and tope; but (ii) does not include house-site or land used exclusively for non-agricultural purposes ; (3) "agriculturist" means a person who cultivates agricultural land by the contribution of his own manual labour or of the manual labour of any member of his family ; (4) "authorized officer" means any Gazetted Officer authorized by the Government by notification to exercise the powers conferred on, and discharge the duties imposed upon, the authorized officer under this Act for such area as may be specified in the notification ; (5) "Government" means the State Government ; (6) "kudiyiruppu" means the site of any dwelling house or hut occupied, either as tenant or as licensee, by any agriculturist or agricultural labourer and includes such other area adjacent to the dwelling house or hut as may be necessary for the convenient enjoyment of such dwelling house or hut ; Explanation.--It shall be presumed that any person occupying the kudiyiruppu is an agricultural labourer or an agriculturist, until the contrary is proved: (7) "tenant" means any person who has paid or has agreed to pay rent or other consideration for his being allowed by another to enjoy land of the latter under a tenancy agreement, express or implied, and includes his heirs and legal representatives.