(1) This Act may be called the Mizoram (Prevention of Government LandEncroachment) Act, 2001.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of Mizoram excepting the areas of the Autonomous District Councils under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may,by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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(a) “District Revenue Officer" means the Deputy Commissioner or any other officer in charge of Revenue Adminiostration of a District and includes an Additional District, Revenue Officer appointed by the State Government to assist the Distric Revenue Officer in the matter of revenue administration.
(b) “encroachment" means the unauthorised occupation;
(c) “ Government” means the State Government of Mizoram;
(d) "government land" in so far as it relates to the provisions of this Act. shall mean any land owned, occupied or possessed by the State Government.
(e) “land” includes all lands either vacant or occupied, agricultural or non agricultural land, wäste or arable land and shall also include benefits to the out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently lastened to anything attached to the earth or other defined portion thereof and their space above the earth but shall exclude minerals, mineral oil, natural gas and petrolium;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by the State Government by rules madeunder this Act;
g) “Revenue Officer’means an officer appointed or designated as Revenue Officer by the Government under this Act.