Act Number: 66

Act Name: The Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-09-24

Long Title: An Act to provide for the preparation and execution of land development schemes, the reclamation of waste-land and the control of private forests and grass-land, in the Provinces of Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara.

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--
         (a) "Board" means the Land Development Board constituted for the 2[State] under section 3;
         (b) "owner", in relation to any land, means--
             (i) a person having a proprietary right in the land and includes a usufructuary mortgagee of such right and, in the 2[State] of 1[Ajmer], an istimrardar, a jagirdar a muafidar, and a bhumia; and
             (ii) a tenant of the land as hereinafter defined;
         (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
         (d) "reclamation" includes cultivation, afforestation and any other improvement of land; and
         (e) "tenant" includes a usufructuary mortgagee of the rights of a tenant.
Notes:
1. Subs., ibid., for "Ajmer-Merwara".
2. Subs. by A.O. 1950, for "Province".
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