In this Act, unless the context otherwise reqmres,-
(a) "competent authority", with reference to any land, means the District Collector of the district m which the land is situate or any other officer appomted by the Government to be the competent authority for the purposes of this Act for the area in which that land is situate;
(b) "unmovable property" includes standing crops and trees but does not include growmg grass;
(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
•Received the assent of President on the 11 th day of November, 1975 and published 1n the Gazette Extraordinary No. 673 dated 14th November,
1975.
189 {d) "Revenue Divisional Officer", with reference to any land, means the Revenue D1vis1onal Officer having jurisdiction over the area m which that land is situate or any other officer appointed by the Government to perform the functions of the Revenue D1v1S1onal Officer under this Act, in the area in which that land is situate,
(e) "Scheduled Tribe" means any of the Scheduled Tribes m relation to the State as specified in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 ;
(f) "State" means the State of Kerala;
(g) "transfer", m relation to immovable property means an act by which immovable property is conveyed by any docu mentary or oral transaction, whether by way of mortgage with or without possession, lease, sale, gift or exchange, or m any other manner, not being a testamentary disposition ; and includes a charge, 'vilapanayam', 'unduruthi', contract relating to immovable property, mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of crops or standing trees on payment of consideration or other wise, voluntary surrender and abandonment
Explanation.-For the purposes of his clause,-
(i) "v1lapanayam" means hypothecation of crops on payment of consideration or otherwise;
(ii) ' 'undurulh1" means an assignment of t he rigi1t to collect the usufructs available or anticipated to be avail able on any land during a specified term for a specified price