Section 2: Definitions.

The Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act, 1948Central Act · Act 66 of 1948

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;

(d) "reclamation" includes cultivation, afforestation and any other improvement of land; and

(e) "tenant" includes a usufructuary mortgagee of the rights of a tenant.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act, 1948
Section	2
Marginal note	Definitions.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs., ibid., for "Ajmer-Merwara".
substituted. . Subs. by A.O. 1950, for "Province".

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