In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 2[(1) "holding",—
(a) in relation to any immovable property situated in any part of the State where the Malabar Tenancy Act, 1929, is in force, shall have the meaning assigned to it in that Act and shall also include any immovable property in the possession or occupation of a person bona fide believing himself to be a lessee or sub-lessee for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately before the 11th day of April, 1957 and which continued to be in his possession or occupation up to the 22nd day of February, 1960;
(b) in relation to any immovable property situated in any part of the taluk of Kasargod or Hosdurg where the Malabar Tenancy Act, 1929, is not in force, shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Madras Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955; and
(c) in relation to any immovable property situated in any other part of the State, shall mean any immovable property held under a single transaction by which a leasehold right in the property is created and possession of the property is transferred by one person in favour of another and includes kanapattom;]
(2) "hut" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, mud, leaves, grass or thatch;
1. Substituted by Act 5 of 1960 (w.e.f. 11.04.1960).
2. Substituted by Act 5 of 1960 (w.e.f. 11.04.1960).
3 1[(3) "Kudikidappukaran" means a person who has no homestead or land of his own to erect a homestead and—
(i) who has been permitted with or without an obligation to pay rent by an owner of land to have the use and occupation of a portion of the land in his possession for the purpose of erecting a homestead, or
(ii) who is in occupation of a hut constructed by a person owning and possessing the land in which the hut is situated and who has been permitted by such person to occupy the hut with or without an obligation to pay rent, but otherwise has no interest in the land; and "Kudikidappu" means the land and the homestead or the hut so permitted to be erected or occupied together with the easements attached thereto, and includes an ulkudi.
Explanation I.—Any person who was in occupation of a kudikidappu on the commencement of the Kerala Stay of Eviction Proceedings Ordinance, 1957, shall be deemed to be in occupation of such kudikidappu with permission as required under this clause.
Explanation II.—For the purpose of this clause, "hut" means any dwelling house which has a value not exceeding four hundred rupees;]
(4) "Kudiyiruppu" means a Kudiyiruppu as defined in the Travancore-Cochin Prevention of Eviction of Kudikidappukars Act, 1955, and includes a hut occupied by the Kudikidappukaran;
(5) "Varomdar" means a person who under the system known as Varom, Pathivarom, Pankuvarom or Pankupattom or by any other name, has agreed, whether in writing or not, with the owner or other person in, lawful possession of any land to cultivate the land and share with him the produce of the land;
(6) "Varom agreement" means an agreement, whether in writing or not, entered into between the Varomdar and the owner or other person in lawful possession of the land for the cultivation and sharing of the produce of the land.