In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) “landowner” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Act No. 17 of 1887) or the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954), as the case may be, and includes a mortgagee with possession;
(b) “land revenue” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Act No. 17 of 1887) or the Himachal Pradesh Land
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated the 1 st May, 1974, p. 756.
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE (SURCHARGE) ACT, 1974 2 Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954), as the case may be; and
(c) all other words and expressions used, but not defined in this Act, shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Act No. 17 of 1887) or the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954), as the case may be.