In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context
(1) "beneficiary" in relation to any land benefited or likely to be benefited by the execution of a plan means
(a) in the case of land held by a bhumidhar or sirdar, such bhumidhar or sirdar ; and
(b) in any other case, an owner, holder or occupier of the land whom the Bhoomi Sanrakshan Adhikari, in view of the nature of his interest in the land and the benefits or likely benefits to the land from the execution of the plan, declares in the prescribed manner to be the beneficiary, and includes the successor-in-interest of a beneficiary ;
(2) "Bhoomi Sanrakshan Adhikari" means an officer appointed under section 8 ;
(3) "Board" means the Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Board established under section 3;
(4) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board ;
(5) "Collector" except for the purposes of section 6, includes an Additional Collector;
(6) "Commissioner" includes an Additional Commissioner ;
(7) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh, and includes an Additional Director of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh;
(8) "Khand" means any area specified as such by the State Government under section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Samitis and Zila Parishads Adhiniyam, 1961;
(9) "plan" means a plan prepared under this Act ;
(10) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(11) "schedule" means a schedule to this Act ;
(12) "soil and water conservation" means reclamation, maintenance and improvement of soil and water resources and includes any of the measures mentioned in the second schedule ;
(13) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board ;
(14) "State" means the State of Uttar Pradesh ;
(15) "work" means any work carried out or to be carried out under a plan and includes pasture or forest provided for or raised under the plan ;
(16) "Zila Samiti" means the Zila Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Samiti established under section 6 ;
(17) The expressions "Bhumidhar" and Sirdar shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950.