In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "appointed day" means the day on which this Act comes into force;
(b) "basic-tax" means the tax imposed under the provisions of the Kerala Land Tax Act, 1961 (13 of 1961);
(c) "financial year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April;
(d) "holding" means any parcel or parcels of Sreepadam lands held by a landholder;
(e) "kuthakapattom" means a lease of Sreepadam lands or of trees on such lands or of both, granted for consideration payable in money or in kind or in both, whether annually or otherwise;
(f) "landholder" means a person holding at the commencement of this Act Sreepadam lands on Sreepadam pattom or other favourable tenures, but does not include a person holding Sreepadam lands on Kuthakapattom;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(h) "rent" means whatever is lawfully payable in money or in kind or in both, to the Sreepadam Palace by a landholder for the use and occupation of any Sreepadam land;
* Received the assent of the President on the 2nd day of April, 1969 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 99 dated 9th April, 1969.
1 1st day of January, 1970(vide S.R.O. No. 10/70 published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 5 dated
01.01.1970).
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(i) "Sreepadam lands" means—
(i) lands comprised in the free-hold villages of Idakkode, Illamba, Mudakkal, Alamkodu, Avanavancherry, Attingal and Kilattingal in the Chirayinkil Taluk, the revenue from which is wholly assigned in favour of the Sreepadam Palace;
(ii) other lands not being pandaravaka lands situate in the State of Kerala and owned by the Sreepadam Palace;
(j) "tharissu" means any land entered as tharissu in the revenue records (other than lands held under kuthakapattom) and owned by the Sreepadam Palace, but does not include any such land held by a landholder.