.....it includes " sites of buildings, and other structures of such land". In the context in which clause (a) appears in section 2(5) and in view of the fact that there is a comma after the words "sites of buildings" we are of the view that the words "sites" in clause (a) does not qualify the words "other structures on such land" It should be interpreted as including other structures on such land as also sites of buildings. Bal Raj Ahuja vs State of Punjab and another, 1988 PLJ 423. 3 Definitions - In this Act' unless the context otherwise requires" (1) "appointed day" means the twenty-fourth day of January, 1971; (2) "banjar land" means land which has remained uncultivated for a continuous period of not less than four years immediately preceding the date on which the question whether such land is banjar or not arises; (3) "Collector" means the Collector of the district or any other officer not below the rank of Assistant Collector of the first grade empowered in this behalf by the State Government; (4) "family" in relation to a person means the person, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such person and his or her minor children other than a married minor daughter;.....
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