In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Authorised Officer" means a Sub-Divisional Officer or any other Assistant Collector or Deputy Collector in the district as the Collector may by order specially authorise to exercise the powers of the Authorised Officer in such area as may be specified therein;
(b) "dwelling house" means a single storeyed super structure but shall not included any building owned by the Government of any local or statutory authority;";
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(c) Omitted;
(d) ''Landless Person'' means a person who does not own either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family any house or land in an urban area where he is actually residing.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this clause 'family' includes husband, wife, minor son, unmarried daughter or any relation by blood wholly dependent on the landless person.";
(d-1) "Occupy" means occupation of land in urban area belonging to the State Government, local body or Development Authority for residential purposes.
(d-2) Omitted.
(d-3) "Urban area" means the area comprised within the limits of the Municipal Corporation constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956) or Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961) or such area which is situated within a distance of five kilometers from the limits thereof and the area of the dissolved Special Area Development Authority constituted under Section 64 of the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 (No. 23 of 1973) and the planning area as per the Development Plan of a town prepared under Section 13 of the Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 (No. 23 of 1973)."
(d-4) ''Government land'' means such vacant land held by the State Government in the Revenue Department situated in an urban area and which has not been alloted to any other Government department for special purpose;
(d-5) Omitted.
(d-6) Omitted.
(e) Words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Madhya Pradesh land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959), shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in that Code.