Interpretation clause

The term "landholder" as used in this Act, shall be taken to comprise the following persons: All persons holding under a Sanad-i-Milkiyat-i-istimrar, all other Zamindars, Shrotriyamdars, Jagirdars, Inamdars, and all persons farming the Land Revenue under the State Government. All holders of land under Ryotwar settlements, or in any way subject to the payment of revenue direct to the State Government. Public revenue due on land shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to include- (a) assessment, quit-rent, ground-rent or other charge upon the land payable to the State Government; (aa) cesses or other dues payable to the State Government on account of water supplied for irrigation; and (b) pattom due on landulrishi lands in the Kanyakumari district. Public revenue due on land shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to include— (a) assessment, quit-rent, ground-rent or other charge upon the land payable to the State Government; (aa) cesses or other dues payable to the State Government on account of water supplied for irrigation; and (b) pattom due on landulzrishi lands in the Kanyakumari district. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Revenue Recovery (Amendment) Act, 1981. (2) Sections 2 to 9 and 11 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of July 1974.