In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- ( a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Central Land Mortgage Bank;
(b) "Central Mortgage Bank" means the Kerala Co operative Central Land Mur,gage Bank, Lim1ted;
(c) "committee" in relation to a primary mortgage bank, means the Board of Directors or Board of Management or the Panchayat or the Committee of management or the governing body to whom the management of its affairs is entrusted;
(d) ''co·operative society" means a co·operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Tra\'ancore Cochin Co-operat1ve ::>oc1eties Act, 1951 or the Madras Co· operative Societies Act, 1932;
(e) 'Malabar" means the Malabar district referred to xn sub-section (2) of sect10n ;) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956);
(f) "notified order" means an order notified in the Gazette;
(g) •·prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under th1s Act;
* Published m the Kerala Gazette Extraordmary dated 29th January, 196o.
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(h) "primary mortgage bank" means a co-operative land mortgage bank registered or deemel to be registered under the Travancore-Cochtn Co-operative Soc1eties Act, 1951, or the Madras Co-operatiw Soc1eties Act, 1932, and adm1tted as a member of the Central Mortgage Bank;
(1) "Registrar'' means the person appomted by the Government to be the Registrar vf Co-operative Societies for the State;
(j) "State'' means the State of Kerala;
(k) "Trustee'' means the Trustee referred to in section 5.
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