Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act, 1948. (2) It extends to the States of Delhi and Ajmer. (3) It shall come into force in each of the said States on such date as the Chief Commissioner of that State may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) “Board” means the Land Development Board constituted for the State under section 3; (b) “owner”, in relation to any land, means— (i) a person having a proprietary right in the land and includes a usufructuary mortgagee of such right and, in the State of Ajmer, an istimrardar, a jagirdar a muafidar, and a bhumia; and (ii) a tenant of the land as hereinafter defined; (c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) “reclamation” includes cultivation, afforestation and any other improvement of land; and (e) “tenant” includes a usufructuary mortgagee of the rights of a tenant.