Bombay Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1942, (Maharashtra) Section 2 - Bare Act

Act Info:

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -

(1) Board means a Board constituted under section 3;

¹[(1A) Code means the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code;]

²[(1B) Company means a company owned or controlled by the State which is set up for the purposes of executing or financing (or for both purposes) schemes which have come into force under this Act;

(1C) Company Officer means any Officer of the Company duly appointed by it for all or any of the purposes of this Act;]

³[(2) Director of Agriculture means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Director of Agriculture and includes any officer appointed by the ⁴[State] Government to perform the duties of the Director of Agriculture under this Act;

(2A) Divisional Soil Conservation Officer means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Divisional Soil Conservation Officer;]

⁵[(2B) District Agricultural Officer means any officer of a Zilla Parishad (constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961) appointed by the State Government to perform the duties of the District Agricultural Officer under this Act;]

⁶[(2C) Executiong Officer means an officer appointed by the Board ⁷[or Company] under sub-section (1) of section 11;] ⁸[and the expression Executing Officer shall be construed according as the schemes are executed at the expense of the State Government or the Company;]

(3) Inquiry Officer means an officer appointed as such by the Board;

⁹[(4) owner includes an owner in severalty, in common or joint, or occupant, a tenure holder, pattadar, tenant and a mortgagee in possession and the expressions owing and own shall be construed accordingly;]

(5) prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;

¹⁰[(5A) * * *;]

¹¹[(5B) relevant tenancy law means-

(i) in the Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra, the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948;

(ii) in the Vidarbha region of the State of Maharashtra, the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region) Act, 1958; and

(iii) in the Hyderabad area of the State of Maharashtra, the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950;]

¹²[(6) scheduled bank means a bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and Bank Officer , in relation to such bank, means any officer of such bank duly appointed by it for the purposes of this Act;]

(7) Scheme means a land improvement scheme prepared under this Act.

¹³[(7A) Soil Conservation Officer means the officer appointed for the time being to be the Soil Conservation Officer;

¹⁴[(7B) tenant means a tenant within the meaning of the relevant tenancy law;]

(8) The words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the ¹⁵[Code],

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1 Clause (1A) was substituted by Mah. 27 of 1989, section 4(1).

2 Clauses (1B) and (1C) were inserted by Mah. 18 of 1973, section 2(1).

3 Clauses (2) and (2A) were substituted by Bom. 73 of 1948, section 2.

4 This word was substituted for the word Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.

5 Clause (2B) was substituted by Mah. 5 of 1962, section 286, Tenth Schedule.

6 Clause (2A) which was renumbered as clause (2C) by Bom. 73 of 1948, section 2(b), was inserted by Bom. 7 of 1945, section 2(a), read with Bom. 29 of 1948, section 2.

7 These words were inserted by Mah. 18 of 1973, section 2(2).

8 This portion was added, ibid.

9 This clause was substituted for the original by Bom. 30 of 1958, section 4(2).

10 Clause (5A) was deleted by Mah. 27 of 1989, section 2(b).

11 Clause (5B) was substituted by Mah. 27 of 1989, section 2(c).

12. Clause (6) was inserted by Mah. 9 of 1980, section 2.

13 Clauses (7A) and (7B) were inserted by Bom. 73 of 1948, section 2(d).

14 This clause was substituted for the original by Bom. 30 of 1958, section 4(4).

15 This word was substituted for the words "relevant Land Revenue Act" by Mah. 27 of 1989, section 2(d).