111 this Act, unless the coutext otherwise rcquircs,-
(a) "appointed day" means the day on which this Act comes into force;
(b) ''holding'' means any parcel or parcels of Service ]nc:~m land held by a single landholder;
(c) "landholder'' means a person holding Service Inam land.
b"xplantJtlon.-Wherc any service Inan1 land is in the posses~ ion of a person, othe1 than the pe1son to whom the land \.Yas granted for perJorming services or any of his successors-in-interest, the person in possession of the land shall be deemed to be the landholder for the purposes of this Act;
(d) ''land ovvncr" means the owner of Service Inam land;
(c) "prescribed•' Jncans prescribed by rules made under th1s Act;
(f) "Service Inam land" means land held under a tenure to which some specific service or obJigatton in the shape of personal labour or supply of provisions 1~ attached and includes land held under Viruthi, Oolhiya1n, Karanma or Erayili tenure;
(g) "Settlement Officer" means the Settlement Officer appointed under section 15.
(h) ''to hold" means to be in actu,\1 possession;
(i) the express1ons "ceiling area" an(J' ''family'' shall have the 1neanings respectively assigned to them in the Kcrala Land Reforms Act, 1963 ( 1 of 1964).
--lteccived the assent of the Prcs1dent on the 21st day of July, 19UJ and published in the KLrala G41zetlc Extraordinary No. 590 dated the ~.)th July, 1981.
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3. Vestitzg of the rights of landowners in Government and abolition of services. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in any contract, or in any judgment, decree or order of any court, witl, effect on and from the appointed day,- ( 1) all right, title and interest of the landowners in Service lnarn lands held by ]and holders shall vest in the Government free fro1n all encumbrances ;
(2) any service or obligation attached to Service Inam lands shall stand aboJished and the landholders shall have no liability or obligation to render any service attached to such lands.